"befile" meaning in English

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        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "befulen",
        "t": "to soil, pollute"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English befilen, from Old English befȳlan (“to befoul, defile, make dirty”), from Proto-West Germanic *bifūlijan (“to make foul”), equivalent to be- + file. Cognate with Scots befile (“to befile”), West Frisian befûjle (“to dirty”), Dutch bevuilen (“to soil, dirty”), German Low German befulen (“to soil, pollute”). See also defile.",
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      "form": "befiling",
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      "form": "befiled",
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      "form": "befiled",
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        "To make filthy; befoul; soil."
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          "soil",
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        "(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To make filthy; befoul; soil."
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        "1": "nds-de",
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        "t": "to soil, pollute"
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      "form": "befiled",
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      "form": "befiled",
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        "To make filthy; befoul; soil."
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