transitive verb, intransitive verb excreted, excreting
Origin: < L excretus, pp. of excernere, to sift out < ex-, out of + cernere, to sift: see harvest
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transitive verb ex·cret·ed, ex·cret·ing, ex·cretes
Origin:
Origin: Latin excernere, excrēt-
Origin: : ex-, ex-
Origin: + cernere, to separate; see krei- in Indo-European roots
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