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defecate

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈdɛfɪkeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted acdeeeftStarts with DEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. have a bowel movement

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin dēfaecātus, the perfect passive participle of dēfaecō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also faeces; cognate with French déféquer.

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  • [I]f vve defæcate the notion from materiality, […] it vvill be as hard to apprehend, as that an empty vviſh ſhould remove Mountains: a ſuppoſition vvhich if realized, vvould relieve Siſyphus.
  • Some are of opinion that such fat, standing waters make the best beer, and that seething doth defecate it […]
  • Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.

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