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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Defecate \Def"e*cate\, verb (used without an object)
1. To become clear, pure, or free. --Goldsmith.
2. To void excrement.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Defecate \Def"e*cate\, adjective [L. defaecatus, p. p. of defaecare to defecate; de- + faex, faecis, dregs, lees.] Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense. --Bates.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Defecate \Def"e*cate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Defecated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defecating}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
defecate
verb: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" [syn: {stool}, {shit}, {take a shit}, {take a crap}, {ca-ca}, {crap}, {make}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "defecate": blow, blow out, ca-ca, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, crap, deplete, drain, dung, eliminate, empty, empty out, evacuate, excrete, exhaust, number two, purge, remove, scour out, shit, spend a penny, stool, sweep out, take a shit, unclog, unfoul, vent, void
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