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exsert
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Etymology
From Latin exsertus, past participle of exserō (“to stretch out or forth”). See exert.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪkˈsɜː(ɹ)t/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
exsert (third-person singular simple present exserts, present participle exserting, simple past and past participle exserted)
- (transitive) To thrust out; to cause to protrude.
- Some worms are said to exsert the proboscis.
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Adjective
exsert (comparative more exsert, superlative most exsert)
- Standing out; projecting beyond some other part.
- exsert stamens
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