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egestive

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e⋅gest

  [ee-jest, i-jest]
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–verb (used with object)
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest ).
Origin:
1600–10; < L ēgest(us) (ptp. of ēgerere) carried out, equiv. to ē- e- + ges- (var. of ger-) carry + -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
e⋅ges⋅tive, adjective
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e·gest   (ē-jěst')   
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 e·gest (ē-jěst')
v. e·gest·ed, e·gest·ing, e·gests
To discharge or excrete from the body.

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