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befilth

verb

Etymology

From be- (“on, about, all over”) + filth.

  1. inherited from *fūliþu✻
  2. inherited from fȳlþu
  3. inherited from filth
  4. prefixed as befilth — “be + filth”

Definitions

  1. To cover with filth

    To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.

    • How people, with any pretence to decency or cleanliness, can, for a day, sit voiceless and patient and see these brutes destroy and befilth everything, public and private, is difficult to believe.

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