Morpheme
Defile
Type
free base
Denotation
make dirty, befoul, pollute
Etymology
Middle English defilen, from defoulen and influenced by filen; Old French defoler, defouler, from de- + foler, fouler, fuller; Latin fullō
Evidence
defilable, defile, defiled, defilement, defiler, defiles, defiling, defilingly
Notes
homograph of <de- + File>
