Expectorate1. (v. t.) To eject from the trachea or lungs; to cough or spit up phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.
2. (v. i.) To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.
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