Englut
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To swallow; to swallow up, engulf.
"Whose grieued mindes, which choler did englut, / Against themselues turning their wrathfull spight, / Gan with new rage their shields to hew and cut […]"
- 2 overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself wordnet
- 3 To glut, satiate.
Antonyms
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More examples"Whose grieued mindes, which choler did englut, / Against themselues turning their wrathfull spight, / Gan with new rage their shields to hew and cut […]"
Etymology
Partly from Old French englotir, partly from en- + glut.