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expectorate

English

Etymology

From Latin expector?tus, past participle of expector?re (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): /?k?sp?kt??e?t/

Verb

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To spit.

Related terms

  • expectorant
  • expectoration

Translations

See also

  • sputum

Further reading

  • expectorate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • expectorate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • expectorate at OneLook Dictionary Search

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