- egest
- egest c.1600, from L. egestus, pp. of egere, from ex- "out" (see EX- (Cf. ex-)) + gere "to carry." Related: Egested; egesting.
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Egest — E*gest , v. t. [L. egestus, p. p. of egerere to carry out, to discharge; e out + gerere to carry.] (Physiol.) To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
egest — [ē jest′] vt. [< L egestus, pp. of egerere, to bear out, discharge < e , out + gerere, to bear] to pass off (perspiration, excrement, etc.); excrete egestion n … English World dictionary
egest — egestive, adj. /ee jest , i jest /, v.t. to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest). [1600 10; < L egest(us) (ptp. of egerere) carried out, equiv. to e E + ges (var. of ger ) carry + tus ptp. suffix] * * * … Universalium
egest — transitive verb see egestion … New Collegiate Dictionary
egest — v.t. [L. egestus, discharged] To eliminate solid material from a cell or from the enteron … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
egest — verb To excrete from the body. See Also: egesta, egestion, egestive … Wiktionary
egest — Synonyms and related words: barf, be seasick, be sick, bring up, chuck up, discharge, disgorge, effuse, eliminate, emit, excrete, extravasate, exudate, exude, feed the fish, gag, give off, heave, heave the gorge, keck, pass, puke, regurgitate,… … Moby Thesaurus
egest — v. empty, discharge (as from the body) … English contemporary dictionary
egest — v void, evacuate, excrete, discharge, eject, expel … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
egest — e•gest [[t]iˈdʒɛst, ɪˈdʒɛst[/t]] v. t. phl to discharge from the body • Etymology: 1600–10; < L ēgestus, ptp. of ēgerere to take out, discharge =ē e +gerere to carry e•ges′tion, n. e•ges′tive, adj … From formal English to slang
