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ingurgitate

verb /ɪnˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪt/

  1. To swallow greedily or in large amounts.

    Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure, as many do.

  2. To swallow up, as in a gulf.

    transitive

    If a man do but once set his appetite upon it [pleasure], let him ingurgitate himself never so deep into it, yet shall he never be able to fill his desire with it.

Where it comes from

From the participle stem of Latin ingurgitāre, from in- + gurges (“whirlpool”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry ingurgitate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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