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Defecate

Defecate Meaning & Definition
Defecate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Defecate?

[v] have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Defecate: ca-ca | crap | make | shit | take a crap | take a shit

Related Terms | Find terms related to Defecate: blow | blow out | ca-ca | clean out | clear | clear away | clear off | clear out | clear the decks | crap | deplete | drain | dung | eliminate | empty | empty out | evacuate | excrete | exhaust | number two | purge | remove | scour out | shit | spend a penny | stool | sweep out | take a shit | unclog | unfoul | vent | void

See Also | dung | egest | eliminate | excrete | pass

Defecate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\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.

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