Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Defecated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Defecate \Def"e*cate\, v. 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.

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