Hypertext Webster Gateway: "defecate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Defecate \Def"e*cate\, v. i.
1. To become clear, pure, or free. --Goldsmith.
2. To void excrement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Defecate \Def"e*cate\, a. [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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
defecate
v : have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
[syn: {shit}, {take a shit}, {take a crap}, {ca-ca}, {crap},
{make}]
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