dictionary definitions for "egest"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 lungs, skin, or kidneys.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  egest
      v 1: eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn:
           excrete, egest, eliminate, pass]


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