EXPECTORATE

expectorate. Expectorate, v. to cast from the breast, to spit up

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Ex‐pec″to‐rate (?), v. 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.