Hypertext Webster Gateway: "engorge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Engorge \En*gorge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engorged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Engorging}.] [Pref. en- + gorge: cf. F. engorger to
obstruct, cram.]
1. To gorge; to glut. --Mir. for Mag.
2. To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to
devour. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Engorge \En*gorge"\, v. i.
To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with
food. --Beaumont.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
engorge
v : overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself [syn: {gorge},
{ingurgitate}, {overindulge}, {glut}, {englut}, {stuff},
{overgorge}, {overeat}, {gormandize}, {gormandise}, {gourmandize},
{binge}, {pig out}, {satiate}, {scarf out}] [ant: {nibble}]
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