1. To make unclean; to render foul or dirty; in a general sense.
2. To make impure; to render turbid; as, the water or liquor is defiled.
3. To soil or sully; to tarnish; as reputation, _c.
He is among the greatest prelates of the age, however his character may be defiled by dirty hands.
They shall defile thy brightness. Ezek 28.
4. To pollute; to make ceremonially unclean.
That which dieth of itself, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith. Lev 22.
5. To corrupt chastity; to debauch; to violate; to tarnish the purity of character by lewdness.
Schechem defiled Dinah. Gen 34.
6. To taint, in a moral sense; to corrupt; to vitiate; to render impure with sin.
Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. Ezek 20.
He hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Num 19.
DEFILE, v.i. [L. A thread.] To march off in a line, or file by file; to file off.
DEFILE, n. A narrow passage or way, in which troops may march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long narrow pass, as between hills, _c.
