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ex·pec·to·rate       [ik-spek-tuh-reyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -rat·ed, -rat·ing.
–verb (used without object)
1.to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit.
–verb (used with object)
2.to eject or expel (matter) in this way.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < L expectorātus (ptp. of expectorāre to expel from the breast), equiv. to ex- ex-1 + pector- (s. of pectus) breast + -ātus -ate1]

—Related forms
ex·pec·to·ra·tor, noun
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ex·pec·to·rate       (ĭk-spěk'tə-rāt')  Pronunciation Key 
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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