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▪ I. urinate, v.1|ˈjʊərɪneɪt|
[f. med.L. ūrīnāt-, ppl. stem of ūrīnāre to pass water, f. L. ūrīna urine n.1]
1. intr. To discharge urine; to make water; to micturate.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 170/2 When the Patient vrinateth in the bath. 1831J. Davies Mat. Med. 208 Diuretics (διουρεω, I urinate), act upon the general system in the same manner as stimulants. 1845Lancet 25 Jan. 83/2 The patient now urinates very freely. 1879Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Wom. x. 110 A hysterical woman, when she is under the influence of that condition, urinates frequently.
2. trans.
a. To wet or saturate with urine.
1768[see urinated ppl. a.]. 1885H. O. Forbes Nat. Wand. E. Archip. 116 The adjags first urinate all the grass.
b. To pass as or after the manner of urine.
1915Evid. before Bryce's Committee German Outrages 142 During this journey..about 20 of the men..urinated blood.
Hence ˈurinated ppl. a.
1768[W. Donaldson] Life Sir B. Sapskull II. ix. 74, I was swaddled in my urinated blankets.
▪ II. † urinate, v.2 Obs.—0
[f. L. ūrīnāt-, ppl. stem of ūrīnārī (ante-class. ūrīnāre).]
intr. (See quot.)
1623Cockeram i [following Cooper], Vrinate, to diue or swimme vnder water. |