egest

From Latin ēgestus, the perfect passive participle of ēgerō (“I carry, bear, or bring out or away; I discharge”).

• IPA^(key): /iːˈd͡ʒɛst/

egest (third-person singular simple present egests, present participle egesting, simple past and past participle egested)

1. To eliminate undigested food or waste from the body (as feces).
   • 2021, Alice A. Horton, Isobelle Blissett, Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Freshwater Aquatic, Terrestrial and Avian Migratory Species in the Asia and Pacific Region, Convention on Migratory Species, page 22:

     As plastics cannot be easily egested, these can accumulate within the stomach, causing impaction and leading ultimately to death.

• excrete
• defecate

• ingest

• egesta
• egestion
• egestive

• Teges, geest