Definition for VOMIT

VOMIT, v.t. [L. tome; Fr. comic; It. vondre; Sans. vamathu. Probably the Gr. {foreign} is the same word, with the loss of its first letter.]

To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth. Some animals vomit with ease, as cats and dags; but horses do not vomit. Cyc.

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