Both Uses of
defile
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- A long line of boys carrying crates of striped tulips, and of yellow and red roses, defiled in front of him, threading their way through the huge jade-green piles of vegetables.†
Chpt 7
- They would defile it, and make it shameful.†
Chpt 10 *
Definition:
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(defile as in: it was defiled) to spoil the beauty or purity of somethingin various senses, including:
- pollute a pristine lake
- harm a reputation or good name
- damage or disrespect something sacred
- take a person's virginity in a disrespectful way