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ingorge

ingorge is the archaic form of engorge.

Meaning of engorge

Verb

engorge (third-person singular simple present engorges, present participle engorging, simple past and past participle engorged)

  1. (transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut.
    • One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousand metric tons of trees and brush annually.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion
  2. (intransitive) To feed ravenously.
    • Greedily she engorged without restraint1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...
  3. (reflexive) To gorge.
  4. To fill excessively with a bodily liquid, especially blood.

Forms of ingorge

third-person singular presentingorges
present participleingorging
past participleingorged
pastingorged

Questions about ingorge

What is ingorge the archaic form of?
Ingorge is the archaic form of engorge.

Words near ingorge in the dictionary

  1. Ingolds
  2. Ingoldsby
  3. ingolfiellid
  4. ingolfiellids
  5. Ingolstadt
  6. ingorge
  7. ingorged
  8. ingorges
  9. ingorging
  10. Ingornachoix Bay
  11. INGOs

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