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. (reflexive) To gorge. (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