befile

== English == === 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 befûlje (“to dirty”), Dutch bevuilen (“to soil, dirty”), German Low German befulen (“to soil, pollute”). See also defile. === Verb === befile (third-person singular simple present befiles, present participle befiling, simple past and past participle befiled) (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To make filthy; befoul; soil. Synonyms: befoul, defile, foul; see also Thesaurus:dirty ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === belfie, belief