3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Disgorge \Dis*gorge"\, v. i.
To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make
restitution.
See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths Into the
sea. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
disgorge
v 1: cause to flow out or over "spill the beans all over the
table" [syn: {spill}, {shed}]
2: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much the students vomited" [syn: {vomit}, {vomit
up}, {cast}, {sick}, {cat}, {regurgitate}, {be sick}, {regorge},
{retch}, {puke}, {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {chuck}, {upchuck},
{honk}, {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]
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