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Defixed vs Defiled - What's the difference?

defixed | defiled |

As verbs the difference between defixed and defiled

is that defixed is (defix) while defiled is (defile).

As an adjective defiled is

impure; dirty.

defixed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (defix)

    • defix

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To fix or fasten; to establish.
    • To defix their princely seat in that extreme province. — Hakluyt.
    (Webster 1913)

    defiled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • impure; dirty

    • See also

    * sullied * tainted

    Verb

    (head)
  • (defile)

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