▪ I. urinate, v.1
(ˈjʊərɪneɪt)
[f. med.L. ūrīnāt-, ppl. stem of ūrīnāre to pass water, f. L. ūrīna urine n.1]
1. intr. To discharge urine; to make water; to micturate.
| 1599 A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 170/2 When the Patient vrinateth in the bath. 1831 J. Davies Mat. Med. 208 Diuretics (διουρεω, I urinate), act upon the general system in the same manner as stimulants. 1845 Lancet 25 Jan. 83/2 The patient now urinates very freely. 1879 Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Wom. x. 110 A hysterical woman, when she is under the influence of that condition, urinates frequently. |
2. trans. a. To wet or saturate with urine.
| 1768 [see urinated ppl. a.]. 1885 H. O. Forbes Nat. Wand. E. Archip. 116 The adjags first urinate all the grass. |
b. To pass as or after the manner of urine.
| 1915 Evid. before Bryce's Committee German Outrages 142 During this journey..about 20 of the men..urinated blood. |
Hence ˈurinated ppl. a.
| 1768 [W. Donaldson] Life Sir B. Sapskull II. ix. 74, I was swaddled in my urinated blankets. |
▪ II. † urinate, v.2 Obs.—0
[f. L. ūrīnāt-, ppl. stem of ūrīnārī (ante-class. ūrīnāre).]
intr. (See quot.)
| 1623 Cockeram i [following Cooper], Vrinate, to diue or swimme vnder water. |