Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Glutted"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Glut \Glut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Glutted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Glutting}.] [OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L.
glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. ? to eat, Skr. gar. Cf.
{Gluttion}, {Englut}.]
1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.

Though every drop of water swear against it, And
gape at widest to glut him. --Shak.

2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving
of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.

His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice, Torn from
his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. --Dryden.

The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to
glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded
populace. --C. Kingsley.

{To glut the market}, to furnish an oversupply of any article
of trade, so that there is no sale for it.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

glutted
adj : exceeding demand; "a glutted market" [syn: {overfull}]


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