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defouls

defouls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defoul.

Meaning of defoul

Verb

defoul (third-person singular simple present defouls, present participle defouling, simple past and past participle defouled)

  1. (obsolete) To trample underfoot.
    • And so whanne they had horsed the kynges ageyne they drewe hem al xj kynges to gyder and said they wold be reuenged of the dommage that they had taken that day / The meane whyle cam in syr Ector with an egyr countenaunce / and found Vlfyus and Brastias on foote in grete perylle of deth that were...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xiiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book I
  2. (obsolete) To physically crush or break.
    • Then Sir Galahad began to break spears marvelously, that all men had wonder of him; for he there surmounted all other knights, for within a while he had defouled many good knights of the Table Round save twain, that was Sir Launcelot and Sir Percivale.1922, Charles Sylvester, Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5
  3. (obsolete) To oppress, keep down.
  4. (obsolete) To defile the chastity of; to debauch, to rape.

Questions about defouls

What is defouls the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Defouls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defoul.

Words near defouls in the dictionary

  1. deforolimus
  2. deforoxamine
  3. defoul
  4. defouled
  5. defouling
  6. defouls
  7. Defra
  8. defrag
  9. defragged
  10. defragger
  11. defraggers

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