defecate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdɛfɪkeɪt/

Verb

intransitive archaic transitive

(intransitive) To excrete feces from one's bowels. / (now rare) To purify, to clean of dregs etc. / (now rare, transitive) To purge; to pass (something) as excrement.

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）腸から糞便を排泄する / （稀な用法）濁りや不純物を浄化・除去する / （稀な用法、他動詞）何かを濁物として排出する、排泄する

What is this buttons?

The patient needed to defecate before the scan, so the nurse provided privacy.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

検査の前に患者は排便する必要があり、看護師はプライバシーを確保した。

Details

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To excrete feces from one's bowels.

Sense（2）

(now rare) To purify, to clean of dregs etc.

[…] I ſhall add, that proſecuting a hint a happened to meet with in the diſcourſe of a wandering chymiſt, I practiſed a way ſo to defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber drawn per ſe, that a pretty proportion of it would come over ſo tranſparent and finely coloured, that the experiment did not a little pleaſe thoſe I ſhewed it to.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（3）

(now rare, transitive) To purge; to pass (something) as excrement.

defecates

（ present singular third-person ）

defecating

（ participle present ）

defecated

（ participle past ）

defecated

（ past ）

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