Urinate meaning

yo͝orə-nāt
urinated urinates urinating
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To excrete urine.
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To discharge urine from the body; micturate.
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To discharge as or with the urine.
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To excrete urine.
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(medicine) To pass urine from the body.

1877 See that the bladder is emptied just before he goes to bed. Wake him once or twice during the night, and have him urinate. Use all possible means to remove the cause of irritation by giving him plenty of out-of-door exercise and a very simple, though nutritious, diet. "” John Harvey Kellogg, Plain facts for Old and Young ....

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Origin of urinate

  • Medieval Latin ūrīnāre ūrīnāt- from Latin ūrīna urine urine

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

  • urine +"Ž -ate; from Medieval Latin urino, from Classical Latin Å«rÄ«na (“urine"). More at urea.

    From Wiktionary

Urinate Sentence Examples

  • By the time he returned home he could not urinate any more.

  • They will not urinate, relieve nature, spit, or have any nasal secretions.

  • Symptoms of BPH include; urinary frequency, urgent desire to urinate at night.

  • Pregnancy hormones actually trigger all that extra need to urinate, and this is one of the classic early signs that tends to get overlooked until the pregnancy becomes more obvious.

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