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e·gest

 (ē-jĕst′)
tr.v. e·gest·ed, e·gest·ing, e·gests
To discharge or excrete from the body.

[Latin ēgerere, ēgest-, to carry out : ē-, ex-, ex- + gerere, to carry.]

e·ges′tion n.
e·ges′tive adj.
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egest

(iːˈdʒɛst)
vb
(Physiology) (tr) to excrete (waste material)
[C17: from Latin ēgerere to carry out, from gerere to carry]
eˈgestion n
eˈgestive adj
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e•gest

(iˈdʒɛst, ɪˈdʒɛst)

v.t.
to discharge from the body.
[1600–10; < Latin ēgestus, past participle of ēgerere to take out, discharge =ē- e- + gerere to carry]
e•ges′tion, n.
e•ges′tive, adj.
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egest


Past participle: egested
Gerund: egesting

Imperative
egest
egest
Present
I egest
you egest
he/she/it egests
we egest
you egest
they egest
Preterite
I egested
you egested
he/she/it egested
we egested
you egested
they egested
Present Continuous
I am egesting
you are egesting
he/she/it is egesting
we are egesting
you are egesting
they are egesting
Present Perfect
I have egested
you have egested
he/she/it has egested
we have egested
you have egested
they have egested
Past Continuous
I was egesting
you were egesting
he/she/it was egesting
we were egesting
you were egesting
they were egesting
Past Perfect
I had egested
you had egested
he/she/it had egested
we had egested
you had egested
they had egested
Future
I will egest
you will egest
he/she/it will egest
we will egest
you will egest
they will egest
Future Perfect
I will have egested
you will have egested
he/she/it will have egested
we will have egested
you will have egested
they will have egested
Future Continuous
I will be egesting
you will be egesting
he/she/it will be egesting
we will be egesting
you will be egesting
they will be egesting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been egesting
you have been egesting
he/she/it has been egesting
we have been egesting
you have been egesting
they have been egesting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been egesting
you will have been egesting
he/she/it will have been egesting
we will have been egesting
you will have been egesting
they will have been egesting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been egesting
you had been egesting
he/she/it had been egesting
we had been egesting
you had been egesting
they had been egesting
Conditional
I would egest
you would egest
he/she/it would egest
we would egest
you would egest
they would egest
Past Conditional
I would have egested
you would have egested
he/she/it would have egested
we would have egested
you would have egested
they would have egested
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.egest - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
perspire, sudate, sweat - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"
exudate, exude, ooze out, transude, ooze - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"
make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, wee, wee-wee, urinate, piddle, puddle, make - eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug"
urinate - pass after the manner of urine; "The sick men urinated blood"
void, empty, evacuate - excrete or discharge from the body
ca-ca, crap, defecate, take a crap, stool, make - have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
barf, be sick, puke, regorge, retch, sick, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, disgorge, cat, spue, spew, regurgitate, chuck, honk, purge, cast - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
eject, expel, release, exhaust, discharge - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
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Although the Jurassic troodontid Anchiornis has been recently demonstrated to have egested pellets similar to extant carnivorous birds (most famously documented in owls), this ability was apparently absent in Microraptor, further adding to the evidence that the evolutionary transition from dinosaur to bird was characterized by extreme homoplasy - that is, numerous traits evolved multiple times independently in closely related groups.