urinate

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Scrabble points: 7
Words With Friends: 9
Letters: 7

Pronunciation

/ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/

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/ˈjʊəɹɪneɪt/ · /ˈjʊɹɪneɪt/

Definition of urinate

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(intransitive)To pass urine from the body.

“Our new puppy still urinates on the carpet, but we're housebreaking her.”
“Boys on their campsite should avoid urinating within 200 feet of the lake.”
“See that the bladder is emptied just before he goes to bed. Wake him once or twice during the night, and have him urinate.”
“The fact that, to the ancients, nothing appeared to be produced without the action of fire or water, or both, suggested the part played by them in the creation of animal and vegetable life. It was a sin to pollute a stream or river by urinating in it.”
“Pliny the Elder, the Roman encyclopedist, declares that to urinate in a spot where a dog has previously done so results in loss of virility.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin urinātus, perfect passive participle of urinō (“urinate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), equivalent to urine + -ate. Compare French uriner.

Anagrams of urinate

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Words you can make from urinate

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