E-rŭct’ or E-rŭc’tāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

} v. t. [Lat. eructare, eructatum, from e, out, and ructare, to belch; Fr. éructer, Sp. eructar, It. eruttare.] To eject, as wind, from the stomach; to belch. [Rare.] Howell.