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befouled

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be·foul  (b-foul)
tr.v. be·fouled, be·foul·ing, be·fouls
1. To make dirty; soil. See Synonyms at contaminate.
2. To cast aspersions upon; speak badly of.
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Adj.1.befouled - made dirty or foul; "a building befouled with soot"; "breathing air fouled and darkened with factory soot"
fouled
dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"
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On this befouled background visions began to flow and burn.
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After the execution Pierre was separated from the rest of the prisoners and placed alone in a small, ruined, and befouled church.
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Stop, father, hast forgot that but for Roger de Conde ye might have seen your daughter a corpse ere now, or, worse, herself befouled and dishonored?
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