The meaning of Engorged
Engorged – definition
verbCause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid.
Usage examples:
The river was engorged by a day-long delugeverbEat to excess.
Usage examples:
You touch not one dish, leaving them afterwards for your servants to engorge themselves therewith
adjectiveIf a part of the body is engorged, it has become swollen or filled with a liquid, especially blood.
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Word origin
late 15th century (in the sense ‘gorge; eat or fill to excess’): from Old French engorgier ‘feed to excess’, from en- ‘into’ + gorge ‘throat’.
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