effaecare

effaecare [LLp. ppl. only] 1 to purify (from dregs). V. et. defaecare 1a. ~atus, purus, limpidus Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 194; ~o, ‥ i. purgare quasi fecem extra ponere, et inde ~atus Ib. 230; to clense, ‥ diluere, ~are, ellimare ‥ CathA. 2 to drain to the dregs. Anglorum ‥ more servato ‥, sub ‥ clangore bucine ‥ inhiabat calicibus ~andis Devizes 41.