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overgorging

overgorging is the present participle and gerund of overgorge.

Meaning of overgorge

Verb

overgorge (third-person singular simple present overgorges, present participle overgorging, simple past and past participle overgorged)

  1. To gorge to excess.
    • ambitious Sylla, overgorged
      With gobbets of thy mother's bleeding heart1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about overgorging

What is overgorging the present participle and gerund of?
Overgorging is the present participle and gerund of overgorge.

Words near overgorging in the dictionary

  1. overgone
  2. overgood
  3. overgorge
  4. overgorged
  5. overgorges
  6. overgorging
  7. overgot
  8. overgotten
  9. overgovern
  10. overgoverned
  11. overgoverning

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