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englut

verb as in gulp down

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Example Sentences

The rosé people tend not to be “real” wine people, as you can’t help but notice upon witnessing their ritual gatherings, where wine is not so much drunk as englutted.

“My particular grief is of so floodgate and overbearing nature, that it engluts and swallows other sorrows.”

In this signification englut, from engloutir, French, occurs frequently, as in Henry VI.

How many prodigal bits have slaves and peasants This night englutted!

Not the sea Which did englut great Egypt and his war, Nor all the desert-drown-ed sepulchres.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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