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Webster 1913 Edition


Excrete

Ex-crete′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Excreted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Excreting
.]
[L.
excretus
, p. p. of
excernere
to sift out, discharge;
ex
out +
cernere
to sift, separate. See
Crisis
.]
To separate and throw off; to excrete urine.
“The mucus thus excreted.”
Hooper.

Webster 1828 Edition


Excrete

EXCRE'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. excretus, infra.] To separate and throw off; to discharge; as, to excrete urine.

Definition 2024


excrete

excrete

See also: excreté, excrété, and excrète

English

Verb

excrete (third-person singular simple present excretes, present participle excreting, simple past and past participle excreted)

  1. (of an organism) to discharge from the system.

Derived terms

Translations


Latin

Participle

excrēte

  1. vocative masculine singular of excrētus

Portuguese

Verb

excrete

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of excretar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of excretar
  3. first-person singular imperative of excretar
  4. third-person singular imperative of excretar

Spanish

Verb

excrete

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of excretar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of excretar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of excretar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of excretar.