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eructate, v. Now rare.|ɪˈrʌkteɪt|
[f. L. ēructāt- ppl. stem of ēructāre (see prec.).]
1. trans. To belch, vomit forth. Chiefly transf. and fig.
1638Rouse Heav. Univ. iv. (1702) 34 This affection doth eructate..hidden truths. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) I. 44 That ætna in times past hath eructated such huge gobbets of fire. 1655Milton 2nd Defence 264 You have begun to eructate the rage of your apostacy. 1782V. Knox Ess. I. 42 Though he should..daily eructate his invectives against the most respectable men. 1828in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.
2. intr. = eruct 1.
1774Joel Collier [J. L. Bicknell] Mus. Trav. (1775) 93 After this, he successively coughed, sneezed, hiccupped, eructated, squeaked, etc. |