Entry: micturate (v.)
In context: "'After we converse you will conduct me to micturate, please.'"
Definition: intr. To urinate.
Other: If nothing else, there are a few choice usages in the OED. I can't imagine Cat World makes it in here all that often.
1878 Proc. Royal Soc. 27 466 Micturated. Drooping head on one side.
1987 A. Burgess Little Wilson & Big God i. 25, I would go into all the bedrooms and micturate in all the chamberpots.
1999 Cat World Aug. 46/1 Antha is micturating on the carpets (i.e. marking with a small volume of concentrated urine from a squatting position).
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 569
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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