Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DEF'E-CATE
DEF'E-CATE, v.t. [L. defæco; de and fæx, dregs.]
- To purify; to refine; to clear from dregs or impurities; to clarify; as, to defecate liquor.
- To purify from admixture; to clear; to purge of extraneous matter.
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