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egest, v.|ɪˈdʒɛst| [f. L. ēgest- ppl. stem of ēgerĕre, f. ē out + gerĕre carry.] trans. To pass off, expel; esp. from within the body, e.g. by evacuation of the bowels, perspiration, etc.
1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 65 When one is troubled with a desire of going often to the stool, and can egest nothing. 1626Bacon Sylva §899 The Beare, the Hedge-hog..all wax Fat when they Sleepe, and egest not. 1631R. Brathwait Whimzies To Rdr. 11 Ill drest meat..to be egested long before it come to bee digested. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 13 What [is] rich apparel, which man takes up in pride, but that the worm hath egested in scorn? 1685Manton Christ's Transfig. iii. Wks. 1870 I. 362 The grave was like a woman ready to be delivered; it suffered throes till this blessed burden was egested. 1884Health Exhib. Catal. 5 Alcohol..undergoes no..change when taken into the stomach, but is egested from the lungs and skin. |