Definition of Befoul

1. Verb. Spot, stain, or pollute. "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"

Exact synonyms: Defile, Foul, Maculate
Generic synonyms: Attaint, Disgrace, Dishonor, Dishonour, Shame
Derivative terms: Befoulment, Defilement, Defiler, Macula, Maculation

Definition of Befoul

1. v. t. To make foul; to soil.

Definition of Befoul

1. Verb. To make foul; to soil. ¹

2. Verb. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Befoul

1. to foul [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: foul

Lexicographical Neighbors of Befoul

before you can say Jack Robinson
beforecited
beforehand
beforehand(p)
beforemath
beforemaths
beforementioned
beforenamed
beforeness
beforestated
beforetime
befortune
befortuned
befortunes
befortuning
befoul (current term)
befouled
befouler
befoulers
befouling
befoulment
befoulments
befouls
beframe
befret
befrets
befretted
befretting
befriend
befriended

Literary usage of Befoul

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Restored New Testament: The Hellenic Fragments, Freed from the Pseudo by James Morgan Pryse (1914)
"10 And having called to him the crowd, he said to them: "Hear, and understand: 11 that which enters the mouth does not befoul the man; but that which issues ..."

2. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1922)
"The meanings of the NHG. word clearly indicate the semantic development 'befoul: deceive,' a common development in the German dialects. ..."

3. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... to defile, befoul; ... to befoul. Marston, Scourge of Villainy, Sat. ix.; B. Jonson, Poetaster, v. ..."

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