disgorge

Etymology

From Middle French desgorger.

verb

  1. To vomit or spew, to discharge.
    1598-1600, Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation This mountain when it rageth […] casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone.
    They loudly laughed / To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught.
    The set disgorges most of its passengers at Waverley [Edinburgh], so finding a table seat in the front car isn't a problem. November 30 2022, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75
  2. (law) To surrender (stolen goods or money, for example) unwillingly.
  3. (oenology) To remove traces of yeast from sparkling wine by the méthode champenoise.

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