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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Expectorate \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Expectorate \Ex*pec"to*rate\, v. i. To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: expectorate v : discharge for the lungs [syn: {cough up}, {cough out}, {spit up}]
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