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Meaning of ingurgitate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1
/ɪnˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪt/

Definitions

  1. To swallow greedily or in large amounts.
  2. To swallow up, as in a gulf.
    transitive

Examples

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

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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