MEANING
To emerge or be released from a cyst.
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Words that belong together
- an organism excysts
- excyst after dormancy
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The organism excysted when conditions became suitable.
They watched it excyst before testing the new sample.
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Word forms
- Base
- excyst
- Past tense
- excysted
- Past participle
- excysted
- Present participle
- excysting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- excyst
- Present continuous
- am/is/are excysting
- Present perfect
- have/has excysted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been excysting
- Past
- excysted
- Past continuous
- was/were excysting
- Past perfect
- had excysted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been excysting
- Future
- will excyst
- Future continuous
- will be excysting
- Future perfect
- will have excysted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been excysting
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: excyst; excysts; excysted; excysted; excysting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: excysts.
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