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To defecate is defined as to have a bowel movement.

(verb)

When you expel feces, this is an example of a time when you defecate.

See defecate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to remove impurities from; refine (sugar, wine, etc.)

Origin: < L defaecatus, pp. of defaecare, to cleanse from dregs, strain < de-, from + faex (gen. faecis), grounds, dregs

intransitive verb

to become free from impurities
to excrete waste matter from the bowels

Related Forms:

defecation noun
defecator noun

See defecate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb def·e·cat·ed, def·e·cat·ing, def·e·cates

verb, intransitive

To void feces from the bowels.

verb, transitive

To remove (impurities, as in a chemical solution); clarify.
To void (feces) from the bowels.

Origin:

Origin: Latin dēfaecāre, to clean the dregs from

Origin: : dē-, de-

Origin: + faex, faec-, dregs

Related Forms:

defˌe·caˈtion noun

defˈe·caˌtor noun

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