defecate

verb
/ˈdɛfɪkeɪt//ˈdɛfɪkət/

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.

  1. borrowed from dēfaecātus

Definitions

  1. To excrete feces from one's bowels.

  2. To pass (something) as excrement

    To pass (something) as excrement; to purge.

  3. To clean (something) of dregs, impurities, etc.

    To clean (something) of dregs, impurities, etc.; to purify.

    • [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.
    • Some are of opinion that such fat, standing waters make the best beer, and that seething doth defecate it […]
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.

      Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.

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

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