englut

verb — 2 senses

englut

verb

Etymology Partly from Old French englotir, partly from en- + glut.

1

To swallow; to swallow up, engulf.

  • Whose grieued mindes, which choler did englut, / Against themselues turning their wrathfull spight, / Gan with new rage their shields to hew and cut […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  • Thus, as carnivorous vultures watch to englut their prey, the rapacious rebels enjoyed a savage delight in the hope of ensnaring him,[…]1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter II, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 13:
2

To glut, satiate.

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