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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.Definition 2025
defecate
defecate
English
Alternative forms
Verb
defecate (third-person singular simple present defecates, present participle defecating, simple past and past participle defecated)
- (intransitive) To expel feces from one's bowels.
- (now rare) To purify, to clean of dregs etc.
- Boyle
- to defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p.224:
- Some are of opinion that such fat, standing waters make the best beer, and that seething doth defecate it […].
- Boyle
- (now rare, transitive) To purge; to pass (something) as excrement.
Synonyms
- (expel feces): (slang) crap, (obsolete) drite, (slang) dump, (informal) pinch a loaf, (informal, humorous) drop a bomb, (informal, humorous) drop the kids off at the pool, (vulgar) ****, (vulgar) shite, (vulgar) take a ****, (slang) take a dump, (informal) drop a deuce
- See also Wikisaurus:defecate
Related terms
Translations
expel feces from one's bowels
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Adjective
defecate (comparative more defecate, superlative most defecate)
- (obsolete) Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
- Bates
- Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.
- Bates