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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•pec•to•rate (ik spek′tə rāt′),USA pronunciation v., -rat•ed, -rat•ing. v.i. - Physiologyto eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting;
spit.
v.t. - Physiologyto eject or expel (matter) in this way.
- Latin expectorātus (past participle of expectorāre to expel from the breast), equivalent. to ex- ex-1 + pector- (stem of pectus) breast + -ātus -ate1
- 1595–1605
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