The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels. / Any of several processes for the removal of impurities, or for clarifying various materials.

plural of defecation

(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.

(obsolete) Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defecate

present participle of defecate

simple past tense and past participle of defecate

One who defecates. / (archaic) That which cleanses or purifies; especially, an apparatus for removing impurities from juices and syrups.

plural of defecator

plural of open defecation