What is to make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute. They that touch pitch will be defiled. Shak called?
defile — To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute. They that touch pitch will be defiled. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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