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Pronunciation : Def"e*cate
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. defaecatus, p. p. of defaecare to defecate; de- + faex, faecis, dregs, less.]
Definition : Defn: Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified. Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense. Bates.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Def"e*cate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Defecated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defecating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Def"e*cate
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To become clear, pure, or free. Goldsmith.

2. To void excrement.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913