Defiles vs Defilest - What's the difference?
defiles | defilest |
(archaic) (defile)
to make impure; to make dirty.
A narrow way or passage, e.g. between mountains.
A single file, such as of soldiers.
The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior.
(archaic) To march in a single file.
* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.138:
march-past
As verbs the difference between defiles and defilest
is that defiles is third person singular simple present of to defile.defilest is archaic second-person singular of defile.As a noun defiles
is plural of lang=en.defilest
English
Verb
(head)defile
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(defil)Synonyms
* contaminate * polluteAntonyms
* purifyEtymology 2
Earlier (defilee), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)See also
* glenVerb
(defil)- They defiled down a gully to the water and bunched and jerked their noses at it and came back.