Defecate vs Desecate - What's the difference?
defecate | desecate |
To purify, to clean of dregs etc.
* Boyle
* , New York 2001, p.224:
To purge; to pass (something) as excrement.
To empty one's bowels of feces.
(obsolete) Freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
* Bates
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between defecate and desecate
is that defecate is (obsolete) freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc; refined; purified while desecate is (obsolete) to cut, as with a scythe; to mow.As verbs the difference between defecate and desecate
is that defecate is to purify, to clean of dregs etc while desecate is (obsolete) to cut, as with a scythe; to mow.As an adjective defecate
is (obsolete) freed from pollutants, dregs, lees, etc; refined; purified.defecate
English
Alternative forms
* * defaecateVerb
(defecat)- to defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber
- Some are of opinion that such fat, standing waters make the best beer, and that seething doth defecate it […].
Usage notes
* The sense 'to purify' is rare in contrast to the common mean to empty bowels.Synonyms
* drop the kids off at the pool, (vulgar) shit, (vulgar) shite, (vulgar) take a shit, (slang) take a dump, (informal) drop a deuce * See alsoAdjective
(en adjective)- Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.