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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. spot, stain, or pollute;
- Example: "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
[syn: foul, befoul, defile, maculate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Befoul \Be*foul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befouled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Befouling.] [Cf. AS. bef?lan; pref. be- + f?lan to foul.
   See Foul, a.]
   1. To make foul; to soil.
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   2. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

befoul
    v 1: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river
         by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: foul, befoul,
         defile, maculate]