Features when defeatured in the . . . way I have described.
De Quincey.
Def"e*cate (?), a. [L. defaecatus, p. p. of defaecare to defecate; de- + faex, faecis, dregs, lees.] Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense.
Bates.
Def"e*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defecated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defecating.] 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. 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.
Def"e*cate (?), v. i. 1. To become clear, pure, or free. Goldsmith.