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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INGUR'GITATE, v.t. [L. ingurgito; in and gurges, a gulf.]
To swallow greedily or in great quantity.
INGUR'GITATE, v.i. To drink largely; to swill.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" [syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-tated; -tating) Etymology: Latin ingurgitatus, past participle of ingurgitare, from in- + gurgit-, gurges whirlpool — more at voracious Date: circa 1570 to swallow greedily or in large quantities ; guzzle • ingurgitation noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 swallow greedily. 2 engulf. Derivatives: ingurgitation n. Etymology: L ingurgitare ingurgitat- (as IN-(2), gurges gurgitis whirlpool)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ingurgitate In*gur"gi*tate, v. t. [L. ingurgitatus, p. p. of ingurgitare to pour in; pref. in- in + gurges whirlpool, gulf.] 1. To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle. --Cleveland. 2. To swallow up, as in a gulf. --Fotherby.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ingurgitate In*gur"gi*tate, v. i. To guzzle; to swill. --Burton.