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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cast forth with abhorrence or disgust; to eject.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold,
              I will spew thee out of my mouth.     --Rev. ii. 16.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Spue \Spue\ (sp[=u]), v. t. & i.
     See Spew.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Spue \Spue\, v. t. & i.
     See Spew.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  spue
       v 1: 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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  spue
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm spewen)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (alternative form of nn spove)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  spue
     vb.
     (obsolete form of en spew)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  spue
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm spewen)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (alternative form of nn spove)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  spue
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm spewen)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (alternative form of nn spove)

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  spue /spjˈuː/
  1. (bak.) spew.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     v. 呕吐;作呕;炮口弯曲

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