disgorge

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over“spill the beans all over the table”Synonyms: spillshed
  2. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth“After drinking too much, the students vomited”“He purged continuously”“The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night”Synonyms: vomitvomit uppurgecastsickcatbe sickregorgeretchpukebarfspewspuechuckupchuckhonkregurgitatethrow up
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Disgorge \Dis*gorge"\, v. i. To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution. [1913 Webster]

See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths Into the sea. --Milton. [1913 Webster]


Disgorge \Dis*gorge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgorged; p. pr. & vb. n. Disgorging.] [F. d['e]gorger, earlier desgorger; pref. d['e]-, des- (L. dis-) + gorge. See Gorge.]

1.To eject or discharge by the throat and mouth; to vomit; to pour forth or throw out with violence, as if from the mouth; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place. [1913 Webster]

This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone.— Hakluyt.[1913 Webster]
They loudly laughed To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To give up unwillingly as what one has wrongfully seized and appropriated; to make restitution of; to surrender; as, he was compelled to disgorge his ill-gotten gains. [1913 Webster]

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