Dictionary entry

Excrete

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.