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In some senses, defecate is marked as archaic, figuratively, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
defecate
/ˈdɛfɪkeɪt/
verb 3adj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
dark, homeless, open, public
VERB + DEFECATE
pay, seething
DEFECATE + NOUN
dregs, rima, s, street
PREP.
from, in, on
Definitions
verb
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.
adj
1
Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.
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[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.
Wiktionary02
[…] 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 p
Wiktionary03
Some are of opinion that such fat, standing waters make the best beer, and that seething doth defecate it […]
Wiktionary04
Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.
Wiktionary05
People don't pay you to defecate or urinate.
Tatoeba · #498026106
Some homeless people defecate on the street.
Tatoeba · #8591100Usage Notes
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