v. [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.
1607. Topsell, Four-f. Beasts, 83. When one is troubled with a desire of going often to the stoole, and can egest nothing.
1626. Bacon, Sylva, § 899. 238. The Beare, the Hedge-hog, the Bat, the Bee, &c. These all wax Fat when they Sleepe, and egest not.
1631. Brathwait, Whimzies, To Rdr. 11. Ill drest meat … to be egested long before it come to bee digested.
1633. T. Adams, Exp. 2 Peter ii. 13. 864. What, [is] rich apparell, which man takes up in pride, but that the worme hath egested in scorne?
1685. Manton, 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.
1884. Health Exhib. Catal., 5. Alcohol … undergoes no … change when taken into the stomach, but is egested from the lungs and skin.
