befile

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English befilen, from Old English befȳlan (to befoul, defile, make dirty), from Proto-West Germanic *bifūlijan (to make foul), equivalent to be- +‎ file. Cognate with Scots befile (to befile), West Frisian befûjle (to dirty), Dutch bevuilen (to soil, dirty), German Low German befulen (to soil, pollute). See also defile.

Verb

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befile (third-person singular simple present befiles, present participle befiling, simple past and past participle befiled)

  1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To make filthy; befoul; soil.
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