Defecate Definition

dĕfĭ-kāt
defecated, defecates, defecating
verb
defecated, defecates, defecating
To become free from impurities.
Webster's New World
To excrete waste matter from the bowels.
Webster's New World
To void (feces) from the bowels.
American Heritage
To remove impurities from; refine (sugar, wine, etc.)
Webster's New World

(now rare) To purge; to pass (something) as excrement.

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adjective

(obsolete) Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.

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Origin of Defecate

  • From the participle stem of Latin dēfaecāre (“to purify”), from de- and faex (“dreg, impurity”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin dēfaecāre to clean the dregs from dē- de- faex faec- dregs

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Defecate Sentence Examples

  • This causes the child to not feel the urge to defecate.

  • She will often lick their abdomens to stimulate the digestive system and help them urinate and defecate.

  • This is where your cat will urinate and defecate when she needs to go.

  • The general consensus from experts is that much encouragement and praise should be used when a child cooperates with toilet training and when he or she begins to urinate or defecate in the potty.

  • The vet will be able to rule out any health issues that may cause the cat to defecate outside of the litter box.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEF

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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