regurgitate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /rɪˈɡɝdʒɪˌteɪt/ UK /rɪˈɡɜːdʒɪteɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to bring swallowed food back up; to repeat information uncritically

Students who merely regurgitate facts seldom understand them.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

1 verb · to bring swallowed food... vomit disgorge spew retch repeat parrot reiterate

Opposites

swallow ingest

Word family

Forms regurgitation

Derived forms regurgitationregurgitatedregurgitatingregurgitant

Related forms gurgle

Simplified etymology

Regurgitate came into English in the late 16th century from medieval Latin regurgitare, formed from re-, “again” or “back,” and gurges, “whirlpool.” Its early senses included fluids or gases gushing or pouring back and the act of vomiting.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin regurgitatus, past participle of regurgitare ('to overflow'), from re- ('back') + Latin gurges ('whirlpool, gulf').

re- Latin regurgitare Latin gurges Latin

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# regurgitate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈɡɝdʒɪˌteɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈɡɜːdʒɪteɪt/

## Meanings
1. to bring swallowed food back up; to repeat information uncritically

## Examples
- Students who merely regurgitate facts seldom understand them.

## Synonyms
- vomit
- disgorge
- spew
- retch
- repeat
- parrot
- reiterate

## Antonyms
- swallow
- ingest

## Derived Forms
- regurgitation
- regurgitated
- regurgitating
- regurgitant

## Related Forms
- gurgle

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: re-
- Root: regurgitare
- Root: gurges

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin regurgitatus, past participle of regurgitare ('to overflow'), from re- ('back') + Latin gurges ('whirlpool, gulf').

## AI Etymology
Regurgitate comes from Medieval Latin regurgitatus, past participle of regurgitare ('to overflow'), from re- ('back') + Latin gurges ('whirlpool, gulf'). The historical chain includes Latin re-, Latin regurgitare, and Latin gurges. Older glosses in the chain include "to overflow", "back", and "whirlpool, gulf", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, regurgitate is best read as compound and borrowing, yielding an English verb shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb, with the sense "to bring swallowed food back up; to repeat information uncritically". English derivatives include regurgitation, regurgitated, regurgitating, and regurgitant; related forms include gurgle. The result is an English verb whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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