exsert

exsert
exsertion, n.
/ek serrt"/, v.t.
1. to thrust out.
adj.
2. thrust out; exserted.
[1655-65; < L exsertus stretched out, put forth, var. of exertus; see EXERT]

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  • exsert — transitive verb Etymology: Latin exsertus, past participle of exserere more at exert Date: 1816 to thrust out • exsertion noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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