ungorge

verb

Etymology

From un- + gorge.

  1. derived from *gʷerh₃-
  2. derived from gurges
  3. derived from *gorga
  4. derived from gorge
  5. inherited from gorge
  6. prefixed as ungorge — “un + gorge

Definitions

  1. To relieve by vomiting.

    • Well, Phoebus, well, drink on, I say, drink on; But when thou dost ungorge thee, grant me this, Thou pour thy poisons on the head of John.
    • For gluttonizing his ore-charged chest, He neither can ungorge, nor yet digest , Till surfitted to death, he loaths it more Than ere he did embrace, or love before:
  2. To purge

    To purge; to empty out by removing something that should not be there.

    • They thought evil, 'God disposed it to good;' they, to ungorge themselves of that venomous malice which the prosperity of Joseph, conceived from his dreams, instilled into their hearts;
    • Or why not plunge thy blades about Some maggot politician throng, Swarming to parcel out The body of the land, and rout The maw-conventicle, and ungorge Wrong?
  3. To discharge or relinquish.

    • Lorries come, ungorge their loads.
    • Several packages are still on the way, however, and the letter and greeting card mail have still to be ungorged.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ungorge. 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