befoul
verb (used with object)
to make dirty or filthy; soil; defile; sully.
befoulment
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a word derived from
befoul.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps, too, certain effusions of Ruysbroeck, seeming to spurt forth in twin jets of black and white flame, were worthy of comparison with the divine befoulment of Grünewald.
From Là-bas by Keene Wallace
Guided by his information they had followed a devious trail, apparently quite clean at first, but showing undoubted befoulment as they neared its source.
From The Fate of Felix Brand by Florence Finch Kelly
He could not throw the onus of it upon her, by revealing to her that the necessity of protecting her name against the befoulment of The Searchlight was the compelling motive of his passivity.
From Success A Novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
