eructate
eructate verb: to belch, to burp.
Verb
eructate (third-person singular simple present eructates, present participle eructating, simple past and past participle eructated)
- To belch, to burp.
- Pain in the right side of the throat, as from an ulcery sensation or as if a splinter were lodged in the throat, when swallowing, eructating, breathing, stretching and moving the neck.1850, Erastus Edgerton Marcy, John Charles Peters, Otto Füllgraff, The Elements of a New Materia Medica and Therapeutics, page 400
- What hours have I paced those platforms, endlessly, hopelessly, where the draughts of Siberia and the solstice heats of Ecuador focus their unscrupling rigours on the eructated passenger.1928, Robert Byron, “Frankfort”, in The Station: Athos: Treasures and Men, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 189
Forms of eructate
| third-person singular present | eructates |
|---|---|
| present participle | eructating |
| past participle | eructated |
| past | eructated |
Origin of eructate
Learned borrowing from Latin ēructātus, from the verb ēructō.
Words formed from eructate
Questions about eructate
- What does eructate mean?
- Eructate means to belch, to burp.
- What part of speech is eructate?
- Eructate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of eructate?
- The past tense of eructate is eructated.
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