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befylan
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befīlen
v.
11 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) To make dirty, soil; befoul (a place); (b) to defile (sb.), corrupt (as by lust); violate (a woman's chastity); (c) to desecrate; (d) to sully (a friend's good name), slander.
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