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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Excrete \Ex*crete"\, v. 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.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  excrete
       v : eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" [syn: {egest},
            {eliminate}, {pass}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "excrete":
     bleed, discharge, effuse, egest, eliminate, emit, exfiltrate,
     extravasate, exudate, exude, filter, filtrate, give off, give out,
     lactate, leach, lixiviate, ooze, pass, percolate, produce, reek,
     secern, secrete, seep, strain, tear, transpire, transude, water,
     weep
  
  

















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