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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
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Verb 1. 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"
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"
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