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Webster 1913 Edition
Defecate
Def′e-cate
,Adj.
[L.
defaecatus
, p. p. of defaecare
to defecate; de-
+ faex
, faecis
, dregs, lees.] Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
Till the soul be
defecate
from the dregs of sense. Bates.
Def′e-cate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Defecated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Defecating
.] 1.
To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine.
To
defecate
the dark and muddy oil of amber. Boyle.
2.
To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes.
We
defecate
the notion from materiality. Glanvill.
Defecated
from all the impurities of sense. Bp. Warburton.
Def′e-cate
,Verb.
I.
1.
To become clear, pure, or free.
Goldsmith.
2.
To void excrement.
Webster 1828 Edition
Defecate
DEFECATE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To purify; to refine; to clear from dregs or impurities; to clarify; as, to defecate liquor.2.
To purify from admixture; to clear; to purge of extraneous matter.