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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: egest v : eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn: {excrete}, {eliminate}, {pass}]
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