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English Dictionary: defecate	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for defecate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defecate v have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" Synonym(s): stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defecate \Def"e*cate\, v. i. 1. To become clear, pure, or free. --Goldsmith. 2. To void excrement.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defecate \Def"ecate\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Defecate \Def"ecate\, 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.