English Dictionary

defile

/dɪˈfaɪl/

verb

To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil. / To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.

The hikers defile the pristine forest by leaving their trash behind.

意味（1）

To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.

[…] It is an euil birde that defiles his owne neſt, […]

意味（2）

To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.

[T]here is no thynge with outt a man that can diffyle hym when hitt entreth in to hym⸝ but thoo thyngꝭ [things] which procede out of a mã [man] are thoſe which defyle a mã.

意味（3）

To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.

To urinate on someone’s grave is an example of a way to defile it.

意味（4）

(religion) To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.

What ſo euer crepeth vpon earth, ſhall be an abhominacion vnto you, and ſhal not be eaten. […] Make not youre ſoules abhominable, and defyle you not in them, to ſtayne youre ſelues: for I am the LORDE youre God. Therfore ſhal ye ſanctifie youre ſelues, that ye maye be holy, for I am holy. And ye ſhal not defyle youreſelues on eny maner of crepynge beeſt, that crepeth vpon earth: […]

意味（5）

(obsolete); To become dirty or unclean.

[Y]ou vvill find if you do not daily ſvveep you houſes, they vvill defile; and the cob-vvebs they vvill grovv; the Spiders vvill be at vvork; and though your hearts be never ſo pure, Spiders vvill creep into them, […]

意味（6）

To cause uncleanliness; specifically, to pass feces; to defecate.

There is a thing Harry, vvhich thou haſt often heard of, and it is knovvne to many in our land by the name of pitch. This pitch (as ancient vvriters do report) doth defile, ſo doth the companie thou keepeſt: […]