Crossword-Solution: DEFOUL
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Defoul | v. t. | To tread down. |
| Defoul | v. t. | To make foul; to defile. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DEFOUL | anagram | FOULED |
We have 1 clue for the answer “DEFOUL”
| Clue | Answers |
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| De-file? | 68 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEREA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DEFOUL (3)
And one withdraweth the wife of another, and none of them holdeth faith to another; but they defoul their law that Jesu Christ betook them to keep for their salvation.
When Abradate was slain, his wife so dear Herselfe slew, and let her blood to glide In Abradate’s woundes, deep and wide, And said, ‘My body at the leaste way There shall no wight defoul, if that I may.’ Why should I more examples hereof sayn? Since that so many have themselves slain, Well rather than they would defouled be, I will conclude that it is bet* for me *better To slay myself, than be defouled thus.
The verb "to defile" is used of troops marching on a narrow front, or narrowing their front, under all circumstances, and in this sense is the contrary of "deploy." "Defile," in the sense of "pollute," is another form of "defoul"; though spelt alike, the two words are pronounced differently, the accent being on the first syllable for the former and on the second for the latter.