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ingurgitate

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in⋅gur⋅gi⋅tate

  [in-gur-ji-teyt] verb, -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.
Use ingurgitate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to swallow greedily or in great quantity, as food.
2. to engulf; swallow up: The floodwaters ingurgitated trees and houses.
–verb (used without object)
3. to drink or eat greedily; guzzle; swill.
Origin:
1560–70; < L ingurgitātus ptp. of ingurgitāre to fill, flood, drench with a stream of liquid, equiv. to in- in- 2 + gurgit- (s. of gurges) whirlpool, flood + -ātus -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅gur⋅gi⋅ta⋅tion, noun
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in·gur·gi·tate   (ĭn-gûr'jĭ-tāt')   
tr.v.   in·gur·gi·tat·ed, in·gur·gi·tat·ing, in·gur·gi·tates
To swallow greedily or in excessive amounts; gulp.

[Latin ingurgitāre, ingurgitāt- : in-, in; see in-2 + gurges, gurgit-, throat, whirlpool.]
in·gur'gi·ta'tion n.
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