DEFECATE

stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make

(verb) have a bowel movement; “The dog had made in the flower beds”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

defecate (third-person singular simple present defecates, present participle defecating, simple past and past participle defecated)

(intransitive) To excrete feces from one's bowels.

(now rare) To purify, to clean of dregs etc.

(now rare, transitive) To purge; to pass (something) as excrement.

Synonyms

• (excrete feces): See defecate

Adjective

defecate (comparative more defecate, superlative most defecate)

(obsolete) Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.

Anagrams

• feceated

Source: Wiktionary


Def"e*cate, a. Etym: [L. defaecatus, p. p. of defaecare to defecate; de- + faex, faecis, dregs, less.]

Definition: 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, 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.

Def"e*cate, v. i.

1. To become clear, pure, or free. Goldsmith.

2. To void excrement.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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