Egest (verb)
ee-jest
excrete (waste matter)
Late Middle English (as egestion): from Latin egest-, from the verb egerere ‘expel’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + gerere ‘bear, carry’.
Example sentences
“We spent the lesson learning how animals digest and egest foods.”
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