[f. L. exsert-: see the variant EXERT.] trans. † a. = EXERT v. 2. (chiefly Biol.) To thrust forth or out, protrude.
1665. Phil. Trans., I. 111. Their Poyson … exserts not its noxiousness, till after some time.
1836. Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 692/1. The body is exserted through the brachial slit.
1876. Darwin, in Life & Lett. (1887), I. 53. Whilst examining some pollen-grains on a damp surface, I saw the tubes exserted.
