defecate
Meaning
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- To excrete feces from one's bowels.
- To purify, to clean of dregs etc.
- To purge; to pass (something) as excrement.
Synonyms
take a crap
ca-ca
move one’s bowels
act of defecating
go to stool
defecate on
have diarrhea
void excrement
have an evacuation
taish
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdɛfɪkeɪt/
Etymology
From the participle stem of Latin dēfaecāre (“to purify”), from de- and faex (“dreg, impurity”).
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