foil (v.) Old form(s): foile , foyle
dishonour, demean, degrade
Cym II.iii.120[Cloten to Innogen, of the crown] you ... must not foil / The precious note of it
E3 III.iii.77[King Edward to King John, of John's taunts] If thou have uttered them to foil my fame
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