Both Uses of
defile
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 13 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 jadegreen piles of vegetables.†
Chpt 5
- They would defile it, and make it shameful.†
Chpt 8 *
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