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ˌoverˈgorge, v.|-gɔːdʒ|
[over- 27.]
trans. To gorge to excess, to cram with too much food, to glut. Hence ˌoverˈgorged ppl. a.
1575Turberv. Faulconrie 285, I warne all falconers to beware howe they overgorge their hawkes. 1641Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civil Warres v. 96 Like unto Rivers overgorged with raine, which when flood of water cease returne to their former channell. 1784Cowper Task i. 737 Thieves at home must hang, but he that puts Into his overgorg'd and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes. 1814Byron Lara ii. vii, Such as long power and overgorged success Concentrates into all that's merciless. |