different between regurgitative vs regurgitate

English

Etymology

regurgitate +? -ive

Adjective

regurgitative (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to the act of regurgitating.

Related terms

• regurgitate
• regurgitation

English

Etymology

From Late Latin regurgitatus, past participle of regurgitare, combined form of re- (“back”) + gurgitare (“to engulf, flood”), from gurges (“whirlpool, gulf, sea, abyss”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?????d????te?t/

Verb

regurgitate (third-person singular simple present regurgitates, present participle regurgitating, simple past and past participle regurgitated)

1. (transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
2. (transitive) To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.

3. (transitive, by extension) To repeat verbatim.
4. (intransitive) To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.

Synonyms

• (to throw up or vomit): vomit, throw up, cast, disgorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, upchuck
• See also Thesaurus:regurgitate

Related terms

• regurgitation
• regurgitative

Translations

Further reading

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