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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Vomit \Vom"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vomited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Vomiting}.] [Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare.
See {Vomit}, n.]
To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke;
to spew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Vomit \Vom"it\, v. t.
1. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth;
to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up
or out.

The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
--Jonah ii.
10.

2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to
emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones,
etc.

Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Vomit \Vom"it\, n. [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit;
akin to Gr. ?, Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. {Emetic},
{Vomito}.]
1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the
stomach through the mouth.

Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured.
--Sandys.

2. (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic.

He gives your Hollander a vomit. --Shak.

{Black vomit}. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.

{Vomit nut}, nux vomica.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

vomit
n 1: the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: {vomitus}, {puke}]
2: a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting [syn: {emetic},
{vomitive}, {nauseant}]
3: the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach
through the mouth [syn: {vomiting}, {emesis}, {regurgitation},
{disgorgement}, {puking}]
v : eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited" [syn: {vomit up},
{cast}, {sick}, {cat}, {regurgitate}, {be sick}, {disgorge},
{regorge}, {retch}, {puke}, {barf}, {spew}, {spue}, {chuck},
{upchuck}, {honk}, {throw up}] [ant: {keep down}]


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