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Meanings of defile by in English

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Usage of defile by in English
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Leonidas himself fell in the plain, and his body was carried into the defile by his followers.
Mosaics of Grecian History
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It is stated, that Sulla occupied the defile by which alone Praeneste was accessible (App.
The History of Rome, Book IV / The Revolution
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The oldest elephants led; and the line commenced to defile by Badshah, who stood as if passing them in review.
The Elephant God
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We ascended into the defile by a path among the rocks, overshadowed by olives and wild fig-trees, to the celebrated fountains of Vaucluse.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 / France and the Net...
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We ascended into the defile by a path among the rocks, overshadowed by olive and wild fig trees, to the celebrated fountains of Vaucluse.
Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
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Her very body seemed defiled by the knowledge that was within it.
Thomas Wingfold, Curate V1
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And, thank Heaven, it has but seldom been defiled by the globe-trotter.
The Call of the South / 1908
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It was a mean expanse, blackened by soot and defiled by refuse.
The Fortunate Youth
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They are exceedingly afraid of being defiled by persons of other castes.
Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen.
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His delicate conception of his dignity was defiled by a degrading experience.
A Set of Six
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Those horses might not be defiled by contact with this gross earth.
Erewhon Revisited Twenty Years Later, Both by the Original Disco...
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I am afraid she would think them defiled by my bloody hands.
The Kingmaker’s Daughter
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Does he know his home has been defiled by a Druid?
The grail king
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The house of our king hath been much defiled by idolatry.
The Covenants And The Covenanters / Covenants, Sermons, and Docu...
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Nor have they any necessary connection with even the Chit-Soul defiled by Ignorance.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
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He sees men all defiled by coarse thoughts, coarse ways of living cruelties.
Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story