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   ingurgitate

   /ɪnˈɡəːdʒɪteɪt/

   verb

   • 1. swallow (something) greedily: literary "its empty holds are ingurgitating a vast, continuous rush of murky brown seawater"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin ingurgitat- ‘poured in, drenched’, from the verb ingurgitare, from in- ‘into’ + gurges, gurgit- ‘whirlpool, gulf’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ingurgitation noun

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