egest

[ ee-jest, ih-jest ]

verb (used with object)

1. to discharge, as from the body; void ( ingest ).

egest

/ iːˈdʒɛst /

verb

1. tr to excrete (waste material)

Derived Forms

• eˈgestion, noun
• eˈgestive, adjective

Other Words From

• e·gestive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of egest¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of egest¹

C17: from Latin ēgerere to carry out, from gerere to carry

Example Sentences

And wouldn’t you know, the Loser Community had to add digesting it — and egesting it — as subjects among the hundreds of songs entered, both in text and video.

From Washington Post

Second place receives a cute little squeeze toy of a shark that is more or less ingesting and egesting a human leg as you squeeze.

From Washington Post

And they egest, or spit out unpalatable objects, like this:

From New York Times

We all egest a certain amount of psychological wreckage and roiling emotional waste over the course of a fully-lived life.

From Scientific American

Related Words

• discharge
• secrete