10.01.2009

Main Entry: ex·pec·to·rate

Pronunciation: \-tə-ˌrāt\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ex·pec·to·rat·ed; ex·pec·to·rat·ing
Etymology: Latin expectoratus, past participle of expectorare to banish from the mind (taken to mean literally “to expel from the chest”), from ex- + pector-, pectus breast, soul — more at PECTORAL
Date: 1601
transitive verb  
1 : to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting
2 : SPIT
intransitive verb  
1 : to discharge matter from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting
2 : SPIT
ex·pec·to·ra·tion  \-ˌspek-tə-ˈrā-shən\ noun

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