Obs. [a. F. sputation, ad. L. *spūtātio, f. spūtāre, frequentative of spuĕre to spit.] The action of spitting; expectoration.
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 166*. Which may be easily excluded by frequent sputation.
1666. G. Harvey, Morb. Angl. (1672), 89. This simple bloody sputation of the Lungs is differenced from that, which concomitates a Pleurisie.
