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"
[ 'rech, esp British 'rEc ] (verb.) circa 1798. Middle English rechen to spit, retch, from Old English hr[AE]can to spit, hawk; akin to Old Norse hrækja to spit.