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en⋅gorge

  [en-gawrj]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -gorged, -gorg⋅ing.
1. to swallow greedily; glut or gorge.
2. Pathology. to congest with blood.
Origin:
1505–15; < MF engorger. See en- 1 , gorge

Related forms:
en⋅gorge⋅ment, noun
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en·gorge   (ěn-gôrj')   
v.   en·gorged, en·gorg·ing, en·gorg·es

v.   tr.

  1. To devour greedily.

  2. To gorge; glut.

  3. To fill to excess, as with blood or other fluid.

v.   intr.
To feed ravenously.

[French engorger, from Old French engorgier : en-, in; see en-1 + gorge, throat; see gorge.]
en·gorge'ment n.
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Word Origin & History

engorge 
1515, from Fr. engorger, from en- + gorge "throat" (see gorge). Probably originally in ref. to hawks.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: en·gorge
Pronunciation: in-'go(&)rj
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: en·gorged; en·gorg·ing
transitivesenses
: to fill with blood to the point of congestion engorged> engorge intransitive senses
: to suck blood tothe limit of body capacity engorged 7 days previously on an infected guinea pig, transmitted a fatal infection —Journal of Infectious Diseases> —en·gorge·ment /-m&nt/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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engorge en·gorge (ěn-gôrj')
v. en·gorged, en·gorg·ing, en·gorg·es
To fill to excess, as with blood or other fluid.

en·gorge'ment n.

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