Hypertext Webster Gateway: "egest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Egest \E*gest"\, v. t. [L. egestus, p. p. of egerere to carry
out, to discharge; e out + gerere to carry.] (Physiol.)
To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as
the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to
excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
egest
v : eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn: {excrete},
{eliminate}, {pass}]
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