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Meaning of 'disgorge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Disgorge [ v. i.]
- To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution.
2 . Disgorge [ v. t.]
- 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'disgorge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . disgorge [ v]
Meaning (1):
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Example in sentence:
  • After drinking too much, the students vomited;
  • He purged continuously;
  • The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
Meaning (2):
- cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over
Example in sentence:
  • spill the beans all over the table

Nearby Words:

dis dis- disabilities disability disable disabled disablement disabling disabuse disabused

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