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engoring

engoring is the present participle and gerund of engore.

Meaning of engore

Verb

engore (third-person singular simple present engores, present participle engoring, simple past and past participle engored)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To gore, pierce, or lacerate.
    • deadly engored of a great wild Bore1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 38
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To make bloody or gory.
    • Cut out this arrow; and the blood, that is engored and dry.[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer...

Questions about engoring

What is engoring the present participle and gerund of?
Engoring is the present participle and gerund of engore.

Words near engoring in the dictionary

  1. engorgement
  2. engorgements
  3. engorges
  4. engorgeth
  5. engorging
  6. engoring
  7. Engoron
  8. ENGOs
  9. engouement
  10. engouements
  11. engouled

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