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English Dictionary: befoul by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
befoul
v
  1. spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
    Synonym(s): foul, befoul, defile, maculate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Befoul \Be*foul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befouled}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Befouling}.] [Cf. AS. bef[?]lan; pref. be- + f[?]lan to
      foul. See {Foul}, a.]
      1. To make foul; to soil.
  
      2. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
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