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Vinony

defecate

verb

  1. have a bowel movement
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfɪkət/ / /ˈdɛfɪkeɪt/

adj

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

    “Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.”

verb

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. To excrete feces from one's bowels.
  2. To pass (something) as excrement; to purge.
  3. 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.”

    “[…] I ſhall add, that proſecuting a hint a happened to meet with in the diſcourſe of a wandering chymiſt, I practiſed a way ſo to defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber drawn per ſe, that a pretty proportion of it would come over ſo tranſparent and finely coloured, that the experiment did not a little pleaſe thoſe I ſhewed it to.”