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Webster 1913 Edition


Exserted

{

Ex-sert′

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Ex-sert′ed

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Adj.
[L.
exsertus
, p. p. of
exserere
to stretch out or forth. See
Exert
.]
Standing out; projecting beyond some other part;
as,
exsert
stamens
.
A small portion of the basal edge of the shell
exserted
.
D. H. Barnes.

Definition 2024


exserted

exserted

English

Verb

exserted

  1. simple past tense and past participle of exsert

Adjective

exserted (comparative more exserted, superlative most exserted)

  1. (botany) protruding, projecting