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ex·pec·to·rate

(ĭk-spĕk′tə-rāt′)
v. ex·pec·to·rat·ed, ex·pec·to·rat·ing, ex·pec·to·rates
v.tr.
1. To eject from the mouth; spit.
2. To cough up and eject by spitting.
v.intr.
1. To spit.
2. To clear out the chest and lungs by coughing up and spitting out matter.

[Latin expectorāre, expectorāt-, to drive from the chest : ex-, ex- + pectus, pector-, chest.]

ex·pec′to·ra′tion n.
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expectorate

(ɪkˈspɛktəˌreɪt)
vb
(Physiology) to cough up and spit out (sputum from the respiratory passages)
[C17: from Latin expectorāre, literally: to drive from the breast, expel, from pectus breast]
exˌpectoˈration n
exˈpectoˌrator n
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ex•pec•to•rate

(ɪkˈspɛk təˌreɪt)

v. -rat•ed, -rat•ing. v.i.
1. to expel matter from the throat or lungs by coughing and spitting.
2. to spit.
v.t.
3. to expel from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting.
4. to spit.
[1595–1605; < New Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorāre, Latin: to banish from the mind]
ex•pec′to•ra`tor, n.
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expectorate


Past participle: expectorated
Gerund: expectorating

Imperative
expectorate
expectorate
Present
I expectorate
you expectorate
he/she/it expectorates
we expectorate
you expectorate
they expectorate
Preterite
I expectorated
you expectorated
he/she/it expectorated
we expectorated
you expectorated
they expectorated
Present Continuous
I am expectorating
you are expectorating
he/she/it is expectorating
we are expectorating
you are expectorating
they are expectorating
Present Perfect
I have expectorated
you have expectorated
he/she/it has expectorated
we have expectorated
you have expectorated
they have expectorated
Past Continuous
I was expectorating
you were expectorating
he/she/it was expectorating
we were expectorating
you were expectorating
they were expectorating
Past Perfect
I had expectorated
you had expectorated
he/she/it had expectorated
we had expectorated
you had expectorated
they had expectorated
Future
I will expectorate
you will expectorate
he/she/it will expectorate
we will expectorate
you will expectorate
they will expectorate
Future Perfect
I will have expectorated
you will have expectorated
he/she/it will have expectorated
we will have expectorated
you will have expectorated
they will have expectorated
Future Continuous
I will be expectorating
you will be expectorating
he/she/it will be expectorating
we will be expectorating
you will be expectorating
they will be expectorating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been expectorating
you have been expectorating
he/she/it has been expectorating
we have been expectorating
you have been expectorating
they have been expectorating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been expectorating
you will have been expectorating
he/she/it will have been expectorating
we will have been expectorating
you will have been expectorating
they will have been expectorating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been expectorating
you had been expectorating
he/she/it had been expectorating
we had been expectorating
you had been expectorating
they had been expectorating
Conditional
I would expectorate
you would expectorate
he/she/it would expectorate
we would expectorate
you would expectorate
they would expectorate
Past Conditional
I would have expectorated
you would have expectorated
he/she/it would have expectorated
we would have expectorated
you would have expectorated
they would have expectorated
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb 1. expectorate - clear out the chest and lungs; "This drug expectorates quickly"
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
2. expectorate - discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
cough - exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion; "The smoker coughs all day"
ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spit, spue - expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer"
spit out, splutter, sputter - spit up in an explosive manner
eject, expel, release, exhaust, discharge - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
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Translations

expectorate

[eksˈpektəreɪt] VTexpectorar
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expectorate

vti (form)ausspeien
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The silences widened; the expectoration marvellously increased.
Battle royal was waged, amid the smoking of many cigarettes and the expectoration of much tobacco-juice, wherein the tramp successfully held his own, even when a socialist workman sneered, "There is no god but the Unknowable, and Herbert Spencer is his prophet." Martin was puzzled as to what the discussion was about, but when he rode on to the library he carried with him a new-born interest in Herbert Spencer, and because of the frequency with which the tramp had mentioned "First Principles," Martin drew out that volume.
Neither Bert nor Laurier made any reply, and presently, after a little skilful expectoration, the young gentleman was attracted by the appearance of two of his friends down the road and shuffled off, whooping weirdly....
At length it occurred to me that they were only spitting, which was indeed the case; though how any number of passengers which it was possible for that car to contain, could have maintained such a playful and incessant shower of expectoration, I am still at a loss to understand: notwithstanding the experience in all salivatory phenomena which I afterwards acquired.
The authors used bacterial strains obtained from lung expectorations of tuberculosis patients, as well as from bone tissue samples taken during surgeries.
L a Broncho Pneumopathie Chronique Obstructive (BPCO), est une maladie liee dans 8 cas sur 10 au tabac .C'est une maladie silencieuse a ses debuts, ou avec des symptomes parfois banalises par les patients (comme la toux, les expectorations....), la maladie evolue vers un essoufflement, d'abord a l'effort, puis a des gestes ou mouvements anodins.
The online depredations of Daesh Productions, now becoming passe, have been usurped on some computers by the preconscious expectorations of Donald Trump.

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