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third-person singular simple present ingurgitates, present participle ingurgitating, simple past and past participle ingurgitated
To swallow greedily or in large amounts. quotations examples
Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure, as many do.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps
(transitive) To swallow up, as in a gulf. quotations examples
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.
1622, Fotherby, Atheom