Micturate Definition
(intransitive, physiology, formal) To urinate.
Origin of Micturate
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From Latin micturÄ«re (“to have the urge to urinate"), form of meiō (“urinate"), from Proto-Indo-European *meiǵʰ-, *miǵʰ- (“to urinate"). Though borrowed from Latin in Modern English (in the mid 19th century), the root of this word was present in Old English in the word mÄ«gan, which simply meant “to urinate". See: w:Latin profanity#Mingere and meiere: urination.
From Wiktionary
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From Latin micturīre to want to urinate desiderative of meiere to urinate meigh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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