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englut

verb

Etymology

Partly from Old French englotir, partly from en- + glut.

  1. derived from gluttiō<t:to swallow>
  2. derived from gloter//glotir//glotoiier<t:to eat greedily>
  3. inherited from glotien//glotten
  4. prefixed as englut — “en + glut”

Definitions

  1. To swallow

    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 […]
    • Thus, as carnivorous vultures watch to englut their prey, the rapacious rebels enjoyed a savage delight in the hope of ensnaring him,[…]

  2. To glut, satiate.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for englut. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA