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defecate verb. Also defaecate. L15.
[Latin defaecat- pa. ppl stem of defaecare, from de- DE- 3 + faex, pl. faeces dregs: see FAECES, -ATE3.]
verb trans. Clear from dregs or impurities; purify, clarify, refine, (lit. & fig.). Now rare. L15.
fig.: S. Johnson To defecate and clear my mind by brisker motions.
verb trans. Remove in purifying; purge away, void as excrement. Now rare. L15.
verb intrans. Discharge faeces from the bowels. M19.
defecated ppl adjective (now rare) purified (esp. spiritually), clarified; (of evil) unmitigated: E17.
defecator noun a person who or thing which defecates; spec. in sugar manufacture, an apparatus in which sugar solutions are purified: M19.