Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to expectorate
Participle: expectorated
Gerund: expectorating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | expectorate |
| you | expectorate |
| he;she;it | expectorates |
| we | expectorate |
| you | expectorate |
| they | expectorate |
Perfect
| I | have expectorated |
| you | have expectorated |
| he;she;it | has expectorated |
| we | have expectorated |
| you | have expectorated |
| they | have expectorated |
Past
| I | expectorated |
| you | expectorated |
| he;she;it | expectorated |
| we | expectorated |
| you | expectorated |
| they | expectorated |
Pluperfect
| I | had expectorated |
| you | had expectorated |
| he;she;it | had expectorated |
| we | had expectorated |
| you | had expectorated |
| they | had expectorated |
Future
| I | will expectorate |
| you | will expectorate |
| he;she;it | will expectorate |
| we | will expectorate |
| you | will expectorate |
| they | will expectorate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have expectorated |
| you | will have expectorated |
| he;she;it | will have expectorated |
| we | will have expectorated |
| you | will have expectorated |
| they | will have expectorated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | expectorate |
| you | expectorate |
| he;she;it | expectorate |
| we | expectorate |
| you | expectorate |
| they | expectorate |
Perfect
| I | have expectorated |
| you | have expectorated |
| he;she;it | have expectorated |
| we | have expectorated |
| you | have expectorated |
| they | have expectorated |
Imperfect
| I | expectorated |
| you | expectorated |
| he;she;it | expectorated |
| we | expectorated |
| you | expectorated |
| they | expectorated |
Pluperfect
| I | had expectorated |
| you | had expectorated |
| he;she;it | had expectorated |
| we | had expectorated |
| you | had expectorated |
| they | had expectorated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would expectorate |
| you | would expectorate |
| he;she;it | would expectorate |
| we | would expectorate |
| you | would expectorate |
| they | would expectorate |
Perfect
| I | would have expectorated |
| you | would have expectorated |
| he;she;it | would have expectorated |
| we | would have expectorated |
| you | would have expectorated |
| they | would have expectorated |
Imperative
| you | expectorate |
| we | Let's expectorate |
| you | expectorate |
Verbs conjugated like 'expectorate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'expectorate'
exauctorate,
execrate,
exenterate,
explaterate,
explorate,
decorate,
dedecorate,
doctorate,
edulcorate,
effectivate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1601, "to clear out the chest or lungs," from L. expectoratus, pp. of expectore "scorn, expel from the mind," lit. "make a clean breast," from ex- "out" + pectus (gen. pectoris) "breast." Use as a euphemism for "spit" is first recorded 1827. Original sense in expectorant (1811).
2. From Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorō (“(only figurative) banish from the mind; (post-classical) expel from the breast)”), from ex (“out of”) + pectus (“the breast”).
Verbs referencing "expectorate"
Ido expektorar.
Sample Sentences
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[...] Washington may be called the head-quarters of tobacco-tinctured saliva, the time is come when I must confess, without any disguise, that the prevalence of those two odious practices of chewing and expectorating began about this time to be anything but agreeable, and soon became most offensive and sickening. In all the public places of America, this filthy custom is recognised. In the courts of law, the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] circumstances is indisputably a fact, with reference to that class of society who travel in these boats. Either they carry their restlessness to such a pitch that they never sleep at all; or they expectorate in dreams, which would be a remarkable mingling of the real and ideal. All night long, and every night, on this canal, there was a perfect storm and tempest of spitting; and once my coat, being in [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)