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Webster 1913 Edition


Disgorge

Dis-gorge′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disgorged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disgorging
.]
[F.
dégorger
, earlier
desgorger
; pref.
dé-
,
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
.

Dis-gorge′

,
Verb.
I.
To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution.
See where it flows,
disgorging
at seven mouths
Into the sea.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disgorge

DISGORGE

,
Verb.
T.
disgorj.
1.
To eject or discharge from the stomach, throat or mouth; to vomit.
2.
To throw out with violence; to discharge violently or in great quantities from a confined place. Thus, volcanoes are said to disgorge streams of burning lava, ashes and stones. Miltons infernal rivers disgorge their streams into a burning lake.

Definition 2024


disgorge

disgorge

English

Verb

disgorge (third-person singular simple present disgorges, present participle disgorging, simple past and past participle disgorged)

  1. To vomit or spew, to discharge.
    • Hakluyt
      This mountain when it rageth [] casteth forth huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone.
    • Dryden
      They loudly laughed / To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught.
  2. 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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