toilet
/ˈtɔɪ.lət/ verb C2- To dress and groom oneself.
- To use (urinate or defecate in) a toilet.
- To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet.
He/she/it toilets · Past toileted · Past participle toileted · -ing form toileting
Verb forms
- Base form
- toilet
- He/she/it
- toilets
- Past
- toileted
- Past participle
- toileted
- -ing form
- toileting
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So much of the hero’s toilet may be intrusted to our confidence.
But in Anne’s room the blind was drawn and the lamp lighted, for an important toilet was being made.
There was no “mahogany furniture,” but there was a white-painted bookcase filled with books, a cushioned wicker rocker, a toilet table befrilled with white muslin, a quaint, gilt-framed mirror with chubby pink Cupids and purple grapes painted over its arched top, that used to hang in the spare room, and a low white bed.
“True,” said Noirtier, looking carelessly around him, “true, if this person were not on his guard, as he is;” and he added with a smile, “He will consequently make a few changes in his personal appearance.” At these words he rose, and put off his frock-coat and cravat, went towards a table on which lay his son’s toilet articles, lathered his face, took a razor, and, with a firm hand, cut off the compromising whiskers.
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