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defecate

de·fe·cate

UK/ˈdɛfɪkət/ rare archaic obsolete

verb

1.

have a bowel movement

  • “The dog had made in the flower beds”

Origin

Borrowed from Latin dēfaecātus, the perfect passive participle of dēfaecō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). See also faeces; cognate with French déféquer.

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