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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
befoul
    v 1: spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river
         by emptying raw sewage into it" [syn: foul, befoul,
         defile, maculate]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Befoul \Be*foul"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Befouled; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Befouling.] [Cf. AS. bef?lan; pref. be- + f?lan to foul.
   See Foul, a.]
   1. To make foul; to soil.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Befoul:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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