English

Verb

defæcates

1. Obsolete spelling of defecates; third-person singular simple present indicative form of defæcate
   • 1893, Frederick Treves, A Clinical Lecture On Hæmorrhoids, in The Clinical Journal; volume III, page 118:

     The patient, perhaps, has a little sense of pain on defæcation, a slight sense of fulness at the margin of the anus when he defæcates, and a lack of relief after the act of defæcation.