befoul Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb spot, stain, or pollute
    defile; maculate; foul.
    • The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it

WordNet

Be*foul" transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. AS. beflan; pref. be- + flan to foul. See Foul, a.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Befouled present participle & verbal noun Befouling
Definitions
  1. To make foul; to soil.
  2. To entangle or run against so as to impede motion.

Webster 1913