What does befilth mean?
Befilth means (transitive, rare) To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive, rare) 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.
Shall he be crest-fall'n, if some looser brain, In flux of wit uncivilly befilth His slight composures? Shall his bosom faint, If drunken Censure belch out sour breath From Hatred's surfeit on his labour's front? Nay, say some half a dozen rancorous [...]
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Befilth means (transitive, rare) To cover with filth; make filthy; begrime..
Common synonyms include bedirty, befoul, foul, assoil.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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