defecate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb have a bowel movement
    take a shit; crap; make; stool; ca-ca; take a crap; shit.
    • The dog had made in the flower beds

WordNet

Def"e*cate adjective
Etymology
L. defaecatus, p. p. of defaecare to defecate; de- + faex, faecis, dregs, less.
Definitions
  1. Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
    Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense. Bates.
Def"e*cate transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Defecated; present participle & verbal noun Defecating
Definitions
  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.
Def"e*cate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become clear, pure, or free. Goldsmith.
  2. To void excrement.

Webster 1913