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defecates

defecates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defecate.

Meaning of defecate

Verb

defecate (third-person singular simple present defecates, present participle defecating, simple past and past participle defecated)

  1. (intransitive) To excrete feces from one's bowels.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To pass (something) as excrement; to purge.
  3. (also, archaic, figuratively, transitive) To clean (something) of dregs, impurities, etc.; to purify.
    • [I]f vve defæcate the notion from materiality, […] it vvill be as hard to apprehend, as that an empty vviſh ſhould remove Mountains: a ſuppoſition vvhich if realized, vvould relieve Siſyphus.1661, Joseph Glanvill, chapter III, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions. […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC, page 22

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Questions about defecates

What is defecates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Defecates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defecate.

Words near defecates in the dictionary

  1. defeaturing
  2. Defebaugh
  3. defecalgesiophobia
  4. defecate
  5. defecated
  6. defecates
  7. defecating
  8. defecation
  9. defecations
  10. defecator
  11. defecators

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