engorge

== English == === Etymology === From French engorger, from Old French engorgier. Archaic spellings from Webster’s dictionary 1913 include ingorge and ingorg, both now considered misspellings. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈɡɔːdʒ/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒ === Verb === engorge (third-person singular simple present engorges, present participle engorging, simple past and past participle engorged) (transitive) To devour something greedily, gorge, glut. (intransitive) To feed ravenously. (pathology) To fill excessively with a bodily liquid, especially blood. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== disgorge ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Goergen, reggeon == French == === Verb === engorge inflection of engorger: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative