Both Uses of
defile
in
Love's Labour's Lost
- The king he is hunting the deer: I am coursing myself: they have pitched a toil: I am tolling in a pitch,—pitch that defiles: defile!†
Scene 4.3 *defiles = spoils the beauty or purity of something
- The king he is hunting the deer: I am coursing myself: they have pitched a toil: I am tolling in a pitch,—pitch that defiles: defile!†
Scene 4.3defile = to spoil the beauty or purity of something
Definition:
to spoil the beauty or purity of something
in various senses, including:
- pollute a pristine lake
- harm a reputation or good name
- damage or disrespect something sacred
- take a person's virginity in a disrespectful way