Defecate

[imp. & p. p. DEFECATED; p. pr. & vb. n. DEFECATING.] [Lat. defæcare, defæcatum, from de and fæx, fæcis, dregs, lees; O. Fr. deféquer.]

1Sense 1. To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, &c.; to clarify, to purify. “To defecate the dark . . . oil of amber.” Boyle.

2Sense 2. To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify. “Defecated from the impurities of sense and meaning.” Warburton.

a. Freed from any thing that can pollute, as dregs, lees, &c.; refined; purified. “Liquor very defecate.” Boyle. “Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.” Bates.