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defecate

verb

🔊/ˈdefəkeɪt/, 🔊/ˈdiːfəkeɪt/

🔊/ˈdefəkeɪt/, 🔊/ˈdiːfəkeɪt/

(British English also defaecate)

[intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they defecate	🔊/ˈdefəkeɪt/, 🔊/ˈdiːfəkeɪt/ 🔊/ˈdefəkeɪt/, 🔊/ˈdiːfəkeɪt/
he / she / it defecates	🔊/ˈdefəkeɪts/, 🔊/ˈdiːfəkeɪts/ 🔊/ˈdefəkeɪts/, 🔊/ˈdiːfəkeɪts/
past simple defecated	🔊/ˈdefəkeɪtɪd/, 🔊/ˈdiːfəkeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈdefəkeɪtɪd/, 🔊/ˈdiːfəkeɪtɪd/
past participle defecated	🔊/ˈdefəkeɪtɪd/, 🔊/ˈdiːfəkeɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈdefəkeɪtɪd/, 🔊/ˈdiːfəkeɪtɪd/
-ing form defecating	🔊/ˈdefəkeɪtɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈdiːfəkeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈdefəkeɪtɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈdiːfəkeɪtɪŋ/

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to get rid of solid waste from your body through your bowels排便
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘clear of dregs, purify’): from Latin defaecat- ‘cleared of dregs’, from the verb defaecare, from de- (expressing removal) + faex, faec- ‘dregs’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.