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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disgorge \Dis*gorge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disgorged; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Disgorging.] [F. d['e]gorger, earlier desgorger;
   pref. d['e]-, des- (L. dis-) + gorge. See Gorge.]
   1. 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.
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            This mountain when it rageth, . . . casteth forth
            huge stones, disgorgeth brimstone.    --Hakluyt.
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            They loudly laughed
            To see his heaving breast disgorge the briny
            draught.                              --Dryden.
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   2. 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.
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