Befilth

verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime. rare, transitive

    "How people, with any pretence to decency or cleanliness, can, for a day, sit voiceless and patient and see these brutes destroy and befilth everything, public and private, is difficult to believe."

Synonyms

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assoilbeclartbedaubbedirtybedizenbefile

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"How people, with any pretence to decency or cleanliness, can, for a day, sit voiceless and patient and see these brutes destroy and befilth everything, public and private, is difficult to believe."

Etymology

From be- (“on, about, all over”) + filth.

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