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Webster 1913 Edition

Expectorate

Ex-pec′to-rate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Expectorated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Expectorating
.]
[L.
expecrorare
to drive from the breast;
ex
out +
pectus
,
pectiris
, breast. See
Pectoral
.]
To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.

Ex-pec′to-rate

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Expectorate

EXPEC'TORATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. expectoro; ex and pectus, the breast.]
To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking and spitting.

Definition 2024

expectorate

expectorate

See also: expektorate

English

Verb

expectorate ‎(third-person singular simple present expectorates, present participle expectorating, simple past and past participle expectorated)

  1. to cough up fluid from the lungs
  2. to spit

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Etymology

From Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorāre ‎(“only fig. banish from the mind, but literally (as in modern use) expel from the breast”), from ex ‎(“out of”) + pectus ‎(“the breast”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪkˈspɛktəreɪt/

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