defecate
Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etcFreed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
» Some homeless people defecate in public.
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1 senses(obsolete)Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
Examples
8 sentencesSome homeless people defecate in public.
Some homeless people defecate on the street.
Damiano went to the river to defecate.
The cows defecated all over the barn.
People don't pay you to defecate or urinate.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin dēfaecātus, the perfect passive participle of dēfaecō, see -ate (verb-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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Forms
more defecate, most defecate| Comparative | more defecate Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most defecate Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.