egest

e·gest

 (ē-jĕst′)

tr.v. e·gest·ed, e·gest·ing, e·gests

To discharge or excrete from the body.

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[Latin ēgerere, ēgest-, to carry out : ē-, ex-, ex- + gerere, to carry.]

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e·ges′tion n.

e·ges′tive adj.

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egest

(iːˈdʒɛst)

vb

(Physiology) (tr) to excrete (waste material)

[C17: from Latin ēgerere to carry out, from gerere to carry]

eˈgestion n

eˈgestive adj

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e•gest

(iˈdʒɛst, ɪˈdʒɛst)

v.t.

to discharge from the body.

[1600–10; < Latin ēgestus, past participle of ēgerere to take out, discharge =ē- e- + gerere to carry]

e•ges′tion, n.

e•ges′tive, adj.

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egest

Past participle: egested
Gerund: egesting

Imperative

egest

egest

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

egest - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" excrete, eliminate, pass perspire, sudate, sweat - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat" exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores" make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood" void, empty, evacuate - excrete or discharge from the body ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, disgorge, cat, spue, spew, regurgitate, chuck, honk, purge, cast - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" eject, expel, release, exhaust, discharge - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

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