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Word: Engorge
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘gorge; eat or fill to excess’): from Old French engorgier ‘feed to excess’, from en- ‘into’ + gorge ‘throat’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪnˈɡɔːdʒ
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛnˈɡɔːdʒ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid
Short Definition:cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid
Examples:- the river was engorged by a day-long deluge
Definition:
eat to excess
Short Definition:eat to excess
Examples:- you touch not one dish, leaving them afterwards for your servants to engorge themselves therewith
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