| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: | f l |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: filed, fil·ing, files Archaic To sully or defile. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English filen, from Old English f lan. See p - in Appendix I.
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