defecate
pronunciation
How to pronounce defecate in British English:
UK [ˈdefəkeɪt]
How to pronounce defecate in American English:
US [ˈdɛfɪˌket]
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- Verb:
- have a bowel movement
Word Origin
- defecate (v.)
- 1570s, "to purify," from Latin defaecatus, past participle of defaecare "cleanse from dregs, purify," from the phrase de faece "from dregs" (plural faeces; see feces). Excretory sense first recorded 1830 (defecation), American English, from French. Related: Defecated; defecating.
Example
- 1. The animals have such matted coats that they cannot defecate properly .
- 2. Is defecate drier is still carrying blood sometimes how to return a responsibility ?
- 3. Presumably they don 't defecate either .
- 4. Must cleanout in time and sprayed the wound after defecate .
- 5. Almost 40 percent ( 2.6 billion people ) of the world 's population lack a safe , reliable toilet and more than a billion people defecate in the open .