regurgitate

re·gur·gi·tate (ri gʉr′jə tāt′)

intransitive verb -·tat′ed, -·tat′·ing

to rush, surge, or flow back

Etymology: < ML regurgitatus, pp. of regurgitare, to regurgitate < re-, back + LL gurgitare, to flood < gurges (gen. gurgitis): see gorge

transitive verb

to cause to surge or flow back; specif., to bring (partly digested food) from the stomach back to the mouth

re·gur′·gi·tant adjective

To vomit
bring up, spit up, disgorge; see vomit.
To repeat unassimilated information
give back, feed back, reel off, parrot; see repeat 3.

Object

food: Herring gull chicks peck at a red spot on their parents's bill to induce their parents to regurgitate food.
fact: The disadvantage of these systems is that they tend simply to regurgitate facts in response to mouse clicks.
material: Don't simply regurgitate material from a tutorial essay which was not quite on the same topic.
information: Many academics are accused of merely regurgitating the same old information in a new language.
juice: The food requirements of adult flies are mainly for carbohydrates which are taken in liquid form having been dissolved by regurgitated digestive juices.
blood: Regurgitated blood can stain the feathers around the beak and neck.

Subject

owl: Unfortunately, its only the remains of a mouse, as regurgitated by an owl.

Preposition: as

pellet: Diet Owls need complete animal food, including the bone and fur which are regurgitated as pellets.

Adjective complement

most: Also, going by other people's comments, it's a bit pointless quoting links and then regurgitating most of the text anyway.

Modifying Another Word

duly: Philosophy is not about spoon-feeding received facts which must be duly regurgitated in essays and exams.
merely: Many academics are accused of merely regurgitating the same old information in a new language.
simply: Don't simply regurgitate material from a tutorial essay which was not quite on the same topic.
then: She then regurgitates all of the nectar into storage cells.
just: The emphasis is on learning a task rather than just regurgitating an answer.
not: Do not regurgitate all the material that you have revised or that featured in a lecture course.

Used with why or when

what: Home to find Button has regurgitated what looks like an ex bird on the sitting room carpet.

Preposition: in

essay: Philosophy is not about spoon-feeding received facts which must be duly regurgitated in essays and exams.
form: They are swallowed whole and later any indigestible parts are regurgitated in the form of pellets.

Preposition: by

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