exsert : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exsert	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exsert v thrust or extend out; "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting" Synonym(s): exsert, stretch out, put out, extend, hold out, stretch forth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exsert \Exsert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exserted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exserting}.] [See {Exsert}, a., {Exert}.] To thrust out; to protrude; as, some worms are said to exsert* the proboscis.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exsert \Exsert"\, Exserted \Exsert"ed\, a. [L. exsertus, p. p. of exserere to stretch out or forth. See {Exert}.] Standing out; projecting beyond some other part; as, exsert stamens. A small portion of the basal edge of the shell exserted. --D. H. Barnes.