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Befoul vs Befile - What's the difference?

befoul | befile |

As verbs the difference between befoul and befile

is that befoul is to make foul; to soil while befile is (transitive|dialectal|or|obsolete) to make filthy; befoul; soil.

befoul

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make foul; to soil.
  • To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.

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    * afoul

    befile

    English

    Verb

    (befil)
  • (transitive, dialectal, or, obsolete) To make filthy; befoul; soil.

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