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   Retch (rĕch or rēch; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Retched (rĕcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Retching.] [AS. hræcan to clear the throat, hawk, fr. hraca throat; akin to G. rachen, and perhaps to E. rack neck.] To make an effort to vomit; to strain, as in vomiting. [Written also reach.]
   
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   Beloved Julia, hear me still beseeching!
   
   (Here he grew inarticulate with retching.) Byron.
   
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