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befilthed

befilthed is the simple past and past participle of befilth.

Meaning of befilth

Verb

befilth (third-person singular simple present befilths, present participle befilthing, simple past and past participle befilthed)

  1. (rare, transitive) 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.1890, Albert Kimsey Owen, Integral Co-operation at Work ... - Page 105
    Synonyms:
    bedirty, befoul, foul, assoil, beclart, bedaub, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, begrime

Questions about befilthed

What is befilthed the simple past and past participle of?
Befilthed is the simple past and past participle of befilth.

Words near befilthed in the dictionary

  1. befilm
  2. befilmed
  3. befilming
  4. befilms
  5. befilth
  6. befilthed
  7. befilthing
  8. befilths
  9. befind
  10. befinding
  11. befinds

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