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expectorate

ex.pec.to.rate \-t*-.ra-t\ \-.spek-t*-'ra--sh*n\ vb [prob. fr. (assumed) NL 
   expectoratus, pp. of expectorare, fr. L, to] cast out of the mind, fr. ex- 
   + pector-, pectus breast, soul 1: to eject from the throat or lungs by 
   coughing or hawking and spitting  2: SPIT  1: to discharge matter from the 
   throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and  spitting 2: SPIT  - 
   ex.pec.to.ra.tion n