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   Defile , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Defiled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Defiling.] [F. défiler; pref. dé-, for des- (L. dis-) + file a row or line. See File a row.] To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.
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   Defile, v. t. (Mil.) Same as Defilade.
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   Defile , n. [Cf. F. défilé, fr. défiler to defile.]
   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.
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   (Mil.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.
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   Defile , v. t. [OE. defoulen, -foilen, to tread down, OF. defouler; de- + fouler to trample (see Full, v. t.), and OE. defoulen to foul (influenced in form by the older verb defoilen). See File to defile, Foul, Defoul.]
   To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.
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   They that touch pitch will be defiled.
   Shak.
   
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   To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.
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   He is . . . among the greatest prelates of this age, however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty hands.
   Swift.
   
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   To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.
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   Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt.
   Ezek. xx. 7.
   
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   To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate; to rape.
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   The husband murder'd and the wife defiled.
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   To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.
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   That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile therewith.
   Lev. xxii. 8.
   
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