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englut

englut verb: to swallow; to swallow up, engulf.

Verb

englut (third-person singular simple present engluts, present participle englutting, simple past and past participle englutted)

  1. To swallow; to swallow up, engulf.
    • Whose grieued mindes, which choler did englut, / Against themselues turning their wrathfull spight, / Gan with new rage their shields to hew and cut […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • Thus, as carnivorous vultures watch to englut their prey, the rapacious rebels enjoyed a savage delight in the hope of ensnaring him,[…]1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter II, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 13
  2. To glut, satiate.

Forms of englut

third-person singular presentengluts
present participleenglutting
past participleenglutted
pastenglutted

Origin of englut

Partly from Old French englotir, partly from en- + glut.

Questions about englut

What does englut mean?
Englut means to swallow; to swallow up, engulf.
What part of speech is englut?
Englut is a verb.
What is the past tense of englut?
The past tense of englut is englutted.

Words near englut in the dictionary

  1. englue
  2. englued
  3. engluing
  4. Englund
  5. Englunds
  6. englut
  7. engluts
  8. englutted
  9. englutting
  10. englyn
  11. englynion

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