ingurgitating
ingurgitating is the present participle and gerund of ingurgitate.
Meaning of ingurgitate
Verb
ingurgitate (third-person singular simple present ingurgitates, present participle ingurgitating, simple past and past participle ingurgitated)
- To swallow greedily or in large amounts.
- Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure, as many do., II.ii.1.2
- To swallow up, as in a gulf.
- If a man do but once set his appetite upon it [pleasure], let him ingurgitate himself never so deep into it, yet shall he never be able to fill his desire with it.1622, Fotherby, Atheom
Questions about ingurgitating
- What is ingurgitating the present participle and gerund of?
- Ingurgitating is the present participle and gerund of ingurgitate.
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