[ex.pec.to.rate] vb -rat.ed ; -rat.ing [L expectoratus, pp. of expectorare to banish from the mind (taken to mean lit. "to expel from the chest"), fr. ex- + pector-, pectus breast, soul--more at pectoral] vt (1601) 1: to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting
2: spit ~ vi 1: to discharge matter from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting
2: spit -- ex.pec.to.ra.tion n