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Webster 1913 Edition

Excreate

Ex′cre-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
excreare
,
exsreare
;
ex
out +
screare
to hawk.]
To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.

Webster 1828 Edition

Excreate

EX'CREATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. excreo, exscreo, to hawk and spit.]
To hawk and spit; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting.

Definition 2024

excreate

excreate

English

Verb

excreate ‎(third-person singular simple present excreates, present participle excreating, simple past and past participle excreated)

  1. (obsolete) To spit out; to discharge from the throat by hawking and spitting.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Cockeram to this entry?)

Latin

Verb

excreāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of excreō

Etymology

From Latin excreare, exscreare, from ex ‎(“out”) + screare ‎(“to hawk”).

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