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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Defecate

· Def·e·cate · IPA /ˈdɛfɪkeɪt/
01 a. Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
  1. 1.
    Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
    “Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.” — Bates.
02 v. t. To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine.
imp. & p. p. Defecated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defecating
  1. 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. 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.
03 v. i. To become clear, pure, or free.
  1. 1.
    To become clear, pure, or free.
  2. 2.
    To void excrement.