See Also: defilement(medicine)

underwrite (oh) and defilement (medicine)


underwrite (oh)



[T]
formal to support an activity, business plan etc with money, and to take financial responsibility if it fails
::The government has agreed to underwrite the project with a grant of ¡ê5 million.
technical if an insurance company underwrites an insurance contract, it agrees to pay for any damage or loss that happens
technical to arrange to sell shares to investors, and to agree to buy any which are not bought by them
-- underwriter /5QndE7raItE ?@ -tEr/ n [C]

defilement (medicine)


defilement


The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness. "Defilements of the flesh." (Hopkins) "The chaste can not rake into such filth without danger of defilement." (Addison)

Origin: From Defile.

Source: Websters Dictionary