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WordNet 3.6
- v egest eliminate from the body "Pass a kidney stone"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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- v. t Egest (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 lungs, skin, or kidneys.
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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- egest To discharge or void, as excrement: opposed to ingest.
- egest To defecate; pass dejecta of any kind.
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Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
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- v.t Egest to discharge
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
L. egestus, p. p. of egerere, to carry out, to discharge; e, out + gerere, to carry
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
L. egerĕre—e, out, gerĕre, to carry.