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Past tense of regurgitate

regular verb

The past tense of regurgitate is regurgitated. The past participle is also regurgitated.

Forms of regurgitate

Base form (V1)regurgitate /ɹɪˈɡɝ.d͡ʒəˌteɪt/
Past tense (V2)regurgitated
Past participle (V3)regurgitated
Present participleregurgitating
Third person singularregurgitates

Regurgitated in a sentence

  • The young gulls were fed by their mother’s regurgitated food.
  • You’re comparing piano lessons to the apocryphal vomitoriums into which decadent Romans supposedly regurgitated their dinner?2009 February 1, “Dr. Feel It”, in New York Times. From the entry vomitoriums
  • She has made a habit of rechewing and reswallowing the regurgitated food but will spit it out when the regurgitant is bitter or sour.2011, Practical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. From the entry reswallow
  • It is off the charts and tiring, often involving regurgitated trivia or fabricated stories with no evidence to support callous statements about the country, demonstrating a deep lack of understanding.2023 February 21, Chandran Nair, “Anti-China Rhetoric Is Off the Charts in Western Media”, in The Diplomat, archived from the original on…. From the entry off the charts

Meaning of regurgitate

  1. verb To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
  2. verb To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.
  3. verb To repeat (information) verbatim or by rote, typically after learning it without actual comprehension.

Full definition of regurgitate

Questions about the past tense of regurgitate

What is the past tense of regurgitate?
The past tense of regurgitate is regurgitated.
What is the past participle of regurgitate?
The past participle of regurgitate is regurgitated.
Is regurgitate a regular or irregular verb?
Regurgitate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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