Defecate

//ˈdɛfɪkeɪt// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To excrete feces from one's bowels. intransitive
  2. 2
    have a bowel movement wordnet
  3. 3
    To pass (something) as excrement; to purge. archaic, transitive
  4. 4
    To clean (something) of dregs, impurities, etc.; to purify. also, archaic, figuratively, transitive

    "[I]f vve defæcate the notion from materiality, […] it vvill be as hard to apprehend, as that an empty vviſh ſhould remove Mountains: a ſuppoſition vvhich if realized, vvould relieve Siſyphus."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified. obsolete

    "Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense."

Synonyms

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crapshitstoolstooltake a craptake a shit

Example

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"People don't pay you to defecate or urinate."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfaecātus, the perfect passive participle of dēfaecō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also faeces; cognate with French déféquer.

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