screme

From Vulgar Latin *expremere, from Latin exprimere, present active infinitive of exprimō, possibly influenced by excrementum phonetically. Compare Aromanian mi-sprem, sprimeari, mi-spreamit. Doublet of exprima, borrowed through French.

a screme (third-person singular present screme, past participle scremut) 3rd conj.

1. (reflexive) to strain or exert oneself, to push (used especially in the context of the effort of defecation or occasionally of giving birth)
2. (reflexive, figuratively) to strive, do one's utmost
3. (reflexive, figuratively) to wear oneself out with effort, work oneself to death, extenuate oneself

• scremet