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Nave Topical Bible
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Thompson Chain Reference
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The Topic Concordance
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
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Torrey Topical Textbook
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American Tract Society
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Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
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Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
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Holman Bible Dictionary
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
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King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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Trench's NT Synonyms
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DEFILE,

1. To make unclean to render foul or dirty in a general sense.

2. To make impure to render turbid as, the water or liquor is defiled.

3. To soil or sully to tarnish as reputation, &c.

He is among the greatest prelates of the age, however his character may be defiled by dirty hands.

They shall defile thy brightness. Ezekiel 28 .

4. To pollute to make ceremonially unclean.

That which dieth of itself, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith. Leviticus 22 .

5. To corrupt chastity to debauch to violate to tarnish the purity of character by lewdness.

Schechem defiled Dinah. Genesis 34 .

6. To taint, in a moral sense to corrupt to vitiate to render impure with sin.

Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. Ezekiel 20 .

He hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Numbers 19.

DEFILE, L. A thread. To march off in a line, or file by file to file off.

DEFILE, n. A narrow passage or way, in which troops may march only in a file, or with a narrow front a long narrow pass, as between hills, &c.