defæcates

See also: defaecates

English

Verb

defæcates

  1. Obsolete spelling of defecates; third-person singular simple present indicative of defæcate
    • 1893, Frederick Treves, “A Clinical Lecture On Hæmorrhoids”, in The Clinical Journal, volume III, page 118:
      The patient, perhaps, has a little sense of pain on defæcation, a slight sense of fulness at the margin of the anus when he defæcates, and a lack of relief after the act of defæcation.
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