defæcate

See also: defaecate

English

Verb

defæcate (third-person singular simple present defæcates, present participle defæcating, simple past and past participle defæcated)

1. 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.