- (v.t.) To make foul, impure or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement.
- (v.t.) To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor.
- (a.) Polluted.
- (v.t.) To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service or for social intercourse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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