2. To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes. We defecate the notion from materiality. Glanvill. Defecated from all the impurities of sense. Bp. Warburton.
DEFECATE
Def"e*cate, v. i.
1. To become clear, pure, or free. Goldsmith.
2. To void excrement.
DEFECATION
Def`e*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. defaecatio: cf. F. défécation.]
1. The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.
2. (Physiol.)
Defn: The act or process of voiding excrement.
DEFECATOR
Def"e*ca`tor, n.
Defn: That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups. Knight.