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Defecate \Def"e*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defecated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Defecating}.]
1. To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to
clarify; to purify; to refine.
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To defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber.
--Boyle.
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2. To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to
purify, as from that which materializes.
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We defecate the notion from materiality. --Glanvill.
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Defecated from all the impurities of sense. --Bp.
Warburton.
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Defecate \Def"e*cate\, a. [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.
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Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.
--Bates.
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Defecate \Def"e*cate\, v. i.
1. To become clear, pure, or free. --Goldsmith.
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2. To void excrement.
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