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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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

disgorge

verb

1: cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" [syn: spill, shed]
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" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

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.

This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone. --Hakluyt.

They loudly laughed To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught. --Dryden.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

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

See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths Into the sea. --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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