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Defecate

//ˈdɛfɪkeɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified. obsolete
"Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense."

Verb

1
To excrete feces from one's bowels. intransitive
2
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3
To pass (something) as excrement; to purge. archaic, transitive
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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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