Regurgitate Definition

rē-gûrjĭ-tāt

regurgitated, regurgitates, regurgitating

verb

regurgitated, regurgitates, regurgitating

To cause to surge or flow back; specif., to bring (partly digested food) from the stomach back to the mouth.

Webster's New World

To repeat (information, an idea, etc.) without modification, interpretation, etc.

Students that merely regurgitate facts during an exam.

Webster's New World

To repeat (facts or other learned items) from memory with little reflection.

American Heritage

To rush, surge, or flow back.

Webster's New World

To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.

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Origin of Regurgitate

Medieval Latin regurgitāre regurgitāt- to overflow Latin re- re- Late Latin gurgitāre to engulf, flood (from Latin gurges gurgit- whirlpool)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Late Latin regurgitatus, past participle of regurgitare, combined form of re- (“back") + gurgitare (“to engulf, flood"), from gurges (“whirlpool, gulf, sea, abyss").

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