eructate
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Other Word Forms
- eructation noun
- eructative adjective
Etymology
Origin of eructate
First recorded in 1630–40, eructate is from the Latin word ēructātus discharged, sent forth. See eruct, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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A Botox injection resolved their problems by giving them the ability to burp, or, to use an academic term, eructate.
From Salon
To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.
From Project Gutenberg
"What beats me," James had once exclaimed, "is how a man like you who professes to admire—no, I believe you're honest—who does admire Stendhal, Turgenev, Flaubert and Merim�e, who recognizes the perfection of Manon Lescaut and Adolphe, who in a word has taste, can bring himself to eructate the Fall of Babylon."
From Project Gutenberg
Eructate, e-ruk′tāt, v.t. to belch out, as wind from the stomach.—n.
From Project Gutenberg
Associated words: ontology, metaphysics, ontological, ontologist. belch, v. eruct, expel, throw up; eructate. belching, n. eructation. belfry, n. bell-tower, campanile.
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