ingurgitate

From the participle stem of Latin ingurgitāre, from in- + gurges (“whirlpool”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɡəːdʒɪteɪt/

ingurgitate (third-person singular simple present ingurgitates, present participle ingurgitating, simple past and past participle ingurgitated)

1. To swallow greedily or in large amounts

   Synonyms: gulp, gorge, guzzle

   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):

     , II.ii.1.2:

     Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure, as many do.

2. To swallow up, as in a gulf.
   • 1622, Fotherby, Atheom.

     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.

ingurgitate

1. second-person plural present indicative of ingurgitare
2. second-person plural imperative of ingurgitare
3. feminine plural of ingurgitato

ingurgitāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ingurgitō