"befile" meaning in English

See befile in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: befiles [present, singular, third-person], befiling [participle, present], befiled [participle, past], befiled [past]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*puH-}}, {{inh|en|enm|befilen}} Middle English befilen, {{inh|en|ang|befȳlan|t=to befoul, defile, make dirty}} Old English befȳlan (“to befoul, defile, make dirty”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*bifūlijan|t=to make foul}} Proto-West Germanic *bifūlijan (“to make foul”), {{pre|en|be|file}} be- + file, {{cog|sco|befile||to befile}} Scots befile (“to befile”), {{cog|fy|befûjle|t=to dirty}} West Frisian befûjle (“to dirty”), {{cog|nl|bevuilen|t=to soil, dirty}} Dutch bevuilen (“to soil, dirty”), {{cog|nds-de|befulen|t=to soil, pollute}} German Low German befulen (“to soil, pollute”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} befile (third-person singular simple present befiles, present participle befiling, simple past and past participle befiled)
  1. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To make filthy; befoul; soil. Tags: dialectal, obsolete, transitive

Inflected forms

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