ex-edō ēdī, ēsus, ere, to eat up, consume, devour: tibi omne est exedendum, i. e. take the consequences, T.

—To prey upon, consume, destroy: alquem adsidue, consume the property of, T.: id vis aliqua exedet: urbem, V.: Exesa rubigine pila, V.: exesis partibus versiculorum, erased: exesae arboris antrum, hollow, V.

—Fig., to consume, corrode: aegritudo exest animum: cura medullas, Ct.