Bible Dictionaries
Defecate
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. i.) To become clear, pure, or free.
(2):
(v. t.) To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes.
(3):
(v. t.) To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine.
(4):
(v. i.) To void excrement.
(5):
(a.) Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Defecate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/defecate.html. 1828.