To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
To open (a building, for example) to public use.
To set apart for a special use
To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
To show to the public for the first time
One who dedicates themself, or who is dedicated, to the service of some leader, religion, etc.
To act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
To make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
Synonym of defilade (“to fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire”)
To make (someone or something) morally impure or unclean; to corrupt, to tarnish.
To cause (something or someone) to become ritually unclean.
A narrow passage or way (originally (military), one which soldiers could only march through in a single file or line), especially a narrow gorge or pass between mountains.
A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.
An act of marching in files or lines.
An act of defilading a fortress or other place, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.