'Defecate' definitions:
Definition of 'Defecate'
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- Defecate \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. [1913 Webster]
- Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense. --Bates. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Defecate'
From: GCIDE
- Defecate \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. [1913 Webster]
- To defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes. [1913 Webster]
- We defecate the notion from materiality. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- Defecated from all the impurities of sense. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Defecate'
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- Defecate \Def"e*cate\, v. i.
- 1. To become clear, pure, or free. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To void excrement. [1913 Webster]