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regurgitateregurgitate /rɪˈgɚdʒəˌteɪt/ verb formal ETYMOLOGYregurgitateOrigin: 1500-1600 Medieval Latin, past participle of regurgitare, from Latin gurges whirlpool VERB TABLEregurgitate |
Present | I, you, we, they | regurgitate | | he, she, it | regurgitates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | regurgitated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have regurgitated | | he, she, it | has regurgitated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had regurgitated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will regurgitate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have regurgitated |
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Present | I | am regurgitating | | he, she, it | is regurgitating | | you, we, they | are regurgitating | Past | I, he, she, it | was regurgitating | | you, we, they | were regurgitating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been regurgitating | | he, she, it | has been regurgitating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been regurgitating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be regurgitating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been regurgitating |
1[intransitive, transitive] science, biology to bring food that you have already swallowed back out of your mouth SYN vomit: Birds regurgitate food to feed their young.2[transitive] disapproving to repeat facts, ideas, etc. that you have read or heard without thinking about them yourself: Students should not just regurgitate facts.—regurgitation /rɪˌgɚdʒəˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |