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spue

Spew \Spew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Spewing.] [OE. spewen, speowen, AS. sp[=i]wan;n to D. spuwen to spit. OS & OHG. sp[=i]wan, G. speien, Icel. sp?ja to spew, Sw. spy, Dan. spye, Goth. spiewan, th. spjauti, L. spuere to split, Gr. ???, Skr. shtiv, shth[=i]v. Cf. Pyke, Spit.] [Written also spue.]

  1. To eject from the stomach; to vomit.

  2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject.

    Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
    --Rev. ii. 16.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
spue

variant of spew (v.).

Wiktionary
spue

vb. (obsolete form of spew English)

WordNet
spue

  1. v. expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth; "The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer" [syn: spit, ptyalize, ptyalise, spew]

  2. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]