- (v.t.) To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.
- (v.t.) To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.
- (v.i.) To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
- (v.t.) To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.
- (v.t.) To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
- (n.) Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.
- (v.t.) To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.
- (v.t.) Same as Defilade.
- (n.) The act of defilading a fortress or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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