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# defiledst

verb, old form used with thou

«defiledst» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

«defiledst» means «you defiled», a form of «defile»: (noun) A defile is a narrow path or valley between high rocks or hills, where only a few can pass at a time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/defiledst/#m1)

### Then and now

Only the ending is old: -est or -st was the ending used with thou, which today is you with no ending: «thou defiledst» = «you defiled».

### Examples

- Unstable as water, have not thou the excellency; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it — he went up to my couch. (Torah GEN.49.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/defiledst/#x1)

### Note

Today: you defiled.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «defiledst» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/D/defiledst/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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