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English Dictionary: egest by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
egest
v
  1. eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn: excrete, egest, eliminate, pass]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.
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