egest
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of egest
1600–10; < Latin ēgest ( us ) (past participle of ēgerere ) carried out, equivalent to ē- e- 1 + ges- (variant of ger- ) carry + -tus past participle suffix
Example Sentences
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And they egest, or spit out unpalatable objects, like this:
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2018
We all egest a certain amount of psychological wreckage and roiling emotional waste over the course of a fully-lived life.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 27, 2015
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