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Expectorate

Ex-pĕc'to-rāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. EXPECTORATED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXPECTORATING.] [Lat. expectorare, expectoratum, from ex, out, and pectus, pectoris, the breast; Fr. expectorer, Sp. expectorar, It. espettorare.] To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth; to spew.

Ex-Pĕc'to-rāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.