defæcate
See also: defaecate
English
editVerb
editdefæcate (third-person singular simple present defæcates, present participle defæcating, simple past and past participle defæcated)
- Archaic spelling of defecate.
- 1897, Jonathan Hutchinson, J. T. Conner, “Cases Demonstrated at the Clinical Museum.”, in The Clinical Journal, volume IX, page 188:
- The peculiar form of constipation present, inability to defæcate, was one which was usually associated with loss of power in the legs, as in this case.