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/dɪsgˈɔrdʒ/ Listen

verb

Disgorge v. t. (past & past part. disgorged; pres. part. disgorging)

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." "They loudly laughed To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny draught."

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.

Disgorge v. i. To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution. "See where it flows, disgorging at seven mouths Into the sea."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... amongst the rest a Cupid, in such and such a pose and action. The gentleman understood then that he had found the man he sought, and narrated how the affair had gone, and promised him that if he would come with him to Rome he would make the dealer disgorge, and arrange matters with his lord which he knew would be much to his satisfaction. Michael Angelo then, partly to see Rome, so much be praised by the gentleman as the widest field for a man to show his ...

— Michael Angelo Buonarroti • Charles Holroyd

... father was, in many respects, greatly to blame. Without being actually dishonest, he squandered a good deal of his fortune, the greater part being pounced upon by his family; and had the King forced these harpies to disgorge, Madame de Maintenon could have lived in opulence, eclipsing several of the personages ...

— The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete • Madame La Marquise De Montespan

... coronet. Nay, these London companies have rules against taking any prentice not of gentle blood. Come in to supper with my good woman, and then I'll go with thee and hold converse with good Master Headley, and if Master John doth not send the fee freely, why then I know of them who shall make him disgorge it. But mark," he added, as he led the way out of the gardens, "not a breath of Quipsome Hal. Down here they know me as a clerk of my lord's chamber, sad and sober, and high in his trust, and therein ...

— The Armourer's Prentices • Charlotte Mary Yonge

... court of inquiry would be held to investigate the truth or otherwise of this report, but, if such had been contemplated, it fell to the ground; nor was any attempt made to induce the officer to disgorge his plunder. I paid a visit to this mansion some time afterwards, and can vouch for the thorough ransacking the place had received. Every room in the house had been pillaged, excavations had been made in the floors, and empty ...

— A Narrative Of The Siege Of Delhi - With An Account Of The Mutiny At Ferozepore In 1857 • Charles John Griffiths

... to say to each other: Disgorge what you have swallowed, the strong would drive off the weak and leave them ...

— Selected Polish Tales • Various

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