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ENGLUT

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en⋅glut

  [en-gluht]
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–verb (used with object), -glut⋅ted, -glut⋅ting.
1. to gulp down.
2. Archaic. to fill to satisfaction; satiate.
Origin:
1485–95; < MF englotir AF englutir < LL ingluttīre to swallow, equiv. to L in- in- 2 + gluttīre to swallow; see glutton
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en·glut   (ěn-glŭt')   
tr.v.   en·glut·ted, en·glut·ting, en·gluts
To gulp down; swallow greedily.

[Anglo-Norman englutir, from Late Latin inglūtīre : Latin in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + Latin gluttīre, to swallow.]
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