expectorate
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See also: expektorate
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Verb[edit]
expectorate (third-person singular simple present expectorates, present participle expectorating, simple past and past participle expectorated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive, intransitive) To spit.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to cough up fluid from the lungs
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spit — see spit
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “expectorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “expectorate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “expectorate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
expectorate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of expectorar combined with te