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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.

Equivalents

Italiano ingurgitate

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