What is the meaning of Expectorate?

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(v.i.) To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.
(v.t.) To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.

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