excrete

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See also: excreté, excrété, and excrète

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excretum, past participle of excerno, from ex- (“out”), and cerno (“separate”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɛkˈskɹiːt/, /ɪkˈskɹiːt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

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

  1. (biology, transitive, intransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
    Your open pores excrete sweat and dirt.

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Latin

Participle

excrēte

  1. vocative masculine singular of excrētus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

excrete

  1. inflection of excretar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

excrete

  1. inflection of excretar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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