DEFECATE (2)

defecate (2)|defecated. Defecate, or Defecated, pa. purged from ices

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Def″e‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defecated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defecating.] 1. 1. To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine.
To defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber. Boyle. 2. 2. To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes.
We defecate the notion from materiality. Glanvill. Defecated from all the impurities of sense. Bp. Warburton.