"drite" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɹaɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: drites [present, singular, third-person], driting [participle, present], drote [past], drate [past], drit [past], dritten [participle, past]
enPR: drīt [Received-Pronunciation] Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From Middle English driten, from Old English drītan, from Proto-West Germanic *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną. Cognate with Dutch drijten, Old Norse dríta, Norwegian drite, and Low German drieten; compare English dirt, Scots drite, and Middle English drit. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|driten}} Middle English driten, {{inh|en|ang|drītan}} Old English drītan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*drītan}} Proto-West Germanic *drītan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*drītaną}} Proto-Germanic *drītaną, {{cog|nl|drijten}} Dutch drijten, {{cog|non|dríta}} Old Norse dríta, {{cog|no|drite}} Norwegian drite, {{cog|nds|drieten}} Low German drieten, {{cog|en|dirt}} English dirt, {{cog|sco|drite}} Scots drite, {{cog|enm|drit}} Middle English drit Head templates: {{en-verb|drites|driting|drote|dritten|past2=drate|past3=drit}} drite (third-person singular simple present drites, present participle driting, simple past drote or drate or drit, past participle dritten)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete except in dialects) To defecate. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Bodily functions, Feces Synonyms: dryte (15 th–17 th centuries), drytt (15 th–16 th centuries) Synonyms (to shit): defecate

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        "To defecate."
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      "sense": "to shit",
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      "word": "dryte (15 th–17 th centuries)"
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      "word": "drytt (15 th–16 th centuries)"
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