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English Dictionary: engorge by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
engorge
v
  1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"
    Synonym(s): gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out
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.
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