regurgitate

[ ri-gur-ji-teyt ]

/ rɪˈgɜr dʒɪˌteɪt /

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verb (used without object), re·gur·gi·tat·ed, re·gur·gi·tat·ing.

to surge or rush back, as liquids, gases, undigested food, etc.

verb (used with object), re·gur·gi·tat·ed, re·gur·gi·tat·ing.

to cause to surge or rush back; vomit.

to give back or repeat, especially something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam.

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Origin of regurgitate

1645–55; <Medieval Latin regurgitātus (past participle of regurgitāre), equivalent to re-re- + gurgit-, stem of gurges whirlpool, flood, stream + -ātus-ate¹

OTHER WORDS FROM regurgitate

re·gur·gi·tant

[ri-gur-ji-tuhnt], /rɪˈgɜr dʒɪ tənt/, nounun·re·gur·gi·tat·ed, adjective

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How to use regurgitate in a sentence

Rather than regurgitate a list of work done for a number of other clients in their pitch, agencies should ask to problem-solve together with the client to figure out their compatibility, Morrell explained.
Media Buying Briefing: It’s too soon to declare RIP to the RFP, but some are agitating for change|Michael Bürgi|August 9, 2021|Digiday
More enduring has been the neanderthal sitcom husband, forged in The Honeymooners, perfected by All in the Family and regurgitated in The King of Queens and Last Man Standing.
Ted Lasso and TV's Strange Quest to Build the Perfect Man|Judy Berman|July 19, 2021|Time
Some data generation techniques have been shown to closely reproduce images or text found in the training data, for example, while others are vulnerable to attacks that make them fully regurgitate that data.
These creepy fake humans herald a new age in AI|Karen Hao|June 11, 2021|MIT Technology Review
So, whenever my girlfriend brought up Suzy, I had to check my impulse to regurgitate my dad’s response.
Coping with a pet’s accidental death — especially when you blame yourself|Gavin Jenkins|April 23, 2021|Washington Post

Because beauty is highly subjective, the best a deep-learning beauty AI can do is to accurately regurgitate the preferences of the training data used to teach it.
I asked an AI to tell me how beautiful I am|Tate Ryan-Mosley|March 5, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Sometimes fluids regurgitate through the nose, and the voice may become nasal and indistinct.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
A healthy, breast-fed baby may now and then regurgitate a bit, but it simply spills over because it is too full.
The Mother and Her Child|William S. Sadler
The valves of the absorbent vessels may suffer their fluids to regurgitate in some diseases.
Zoonomia, Vol. I|Erasmus Darwin
As they approached this capital, Renaldo's grief seemed to regurgitate with redoubled violence.
The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, Complete|Tobias Smollett
We swallow and regurgitate over and over again our dissatisfaction, and are aptly said to chew the cud of bitterness.
Explanation of Catholic Morals|John H. Stapleton

British Dictionary definitions for regurgitate

regurgitate

/ (rɪˈɡɜːdʒɪˌteɪt) /

verb

to vomit forth (partially digested food)

(of some birds and certain other animals) to bring back to the mouth (undigested or partly digested food with which to feed the young)

(intr) to be cast up or out, esp from the mouth

(intr) med (of blood) to flow backwards, in a direction opposite to the normal one, esp through a defective heart valve

Derived forms of regurgitate

regurgitant, noun, adjectiveregurgitation, noun

Word Origin for regurgitate

C17: from Medieval Latin regurgitāre, from re- + gurgitāre to flood, from Latin gurges gulf, whirlpool

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