EXPECTORATE


Meaning of EXPECTORATE in English

v.tr. (also absol.) cough or spit out (phlegm etc.) from the chest or lungs. expectoration n. expectorator n.

[ L expectorare expectorat- (as EX-(1), pectus -oris breast) ]

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