defoul

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to defile, pollute, or trample down; to befoul (archaic)

   The marauders defoul every sacred grove they pass through.

From Middle English defoulen ('to trample, pollute, dishonor'), from Old French defouler ('to trample down'), from de- ('down') + fouler ('to trample, full cloth'). Archaic; largely supplanted by defile.

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