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 act inappropriately towards or vandalize (something sacred or special); to desecrate, to profane.
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.
To protect (an idea, ideal, or philosophy) within an official law or treaty.
To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.