DEFECATE
\dɪfˈɛke͡ɪt], \dɪfˈɛkeɪt], \d_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_k_eɪ_t]\
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def'e-k[=a]t, v.t. to clear from dregs or impurities: to purify from extraneous matter.--v.i. to void excrement.--n. DEFEC[=A]'TION. [L. defæc[=a]re, -[=a]tum, to cleanse--de, from, fæx, fæcis, dregs.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Clear of dregs, refine, purify, (lit. & fig.); get rid of (dregs, excrement, sin). Hence defecation, defecator, nn. [Latin]
By Sir Augustus Henry
By Henry Percy Smith
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