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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024def•e•cate /ˈdɛfɪˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [no obj], -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - Physiologyto pass waste matter from the bowels through the anus out of the body.
def•e•ca•tion /ˌdɛfɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]See -fec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024def•e•cate (def′i kāt′),USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. v.i. - Physiologyto void excrement from the bowels through the anus;
have a bowel movement. - to become clear of dregs, impurities, etc.
v.t. - to clear of dregs, impurities, etc.;
purify;
refine.
- Latin dēfaecātus (past participle of dēfaecāre to cleanse, refine), equivalent. to dē- de- + faec- (stem of faex dregs, sediment) + -ātus -ate1
- 1565–75
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