'Disgorging' definitions:

Definition of 'Disgorging'

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  • 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]

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