DEFECATE, verb transitive [Latin Dregs.]
1. To purify; to refine; to clear from dregs or impurities; to clarify; as, to defecate liquor.
2. To purify from admixture; to clear; to purge of extraneous matter.
Webster's Dictionary 1828
DEFECATE, verb transitive [Latin Dregs.]
1. To purify; to refine; to clear from dregs or impurities; to clarify; as, to defecate liquor.
2. To purify from admixture; to clear; to purge of extraneous matter.