Ex‐pec″to‐rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Expectorated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Expectorating (?).] [L. expecrorare to drive from the breast; ex out + pectus, pectiris, breast. See Pectoral.] To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.