(verb) : ex-spŭo (expuo), ŭi, ūtum, 3, and
* A., to spit out, to spit (not in Cic.).
* Neutr.: cum ille gustasset et exspuisset,Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 9; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146: in mare, id. 30, 2, 6, § 17.
* Act.
* Lit.: vina,Juv. 13, 214: sanguinem,Plin. 35, 16, 53, § 191; Scrib. Comp. 194: linguam in tyranni os,Plin. 7, 23, 23, § 87.
* Transf., to cast out, eject, expel, emit: quod mare (te) conceptum spumantibus exspuit undis?Cat. 64, 155: argentum vivum optime purgat aurum, ceteras ejus sordes exspuens crebro jactatu,Plin. 33, 6, 32, § 99: rorem,id. 9, 36, 60, § 126: carbonem,id. 16, 10, 19, § 45: in litus purgamenta,id. 2, 98, 101, § 220: lacrumam,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 74.
* Trop., to expel, banish, remove: miseriam ex animo,Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 16: rationem ex animo,Lucr. 2, 1041.

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