englut

English

Etymology

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

Verb

englut (third-person singular simple present engluts, present participle englutting, simple past and past participle englutted)

1. To swallow; to swallow up, engulf.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:

     Whose grieued mindes, which choler did englut, / Against themselues turning their wrathfull spight, / Gan with new rage their shields to hew and cut [...].

2. To glut, satiate.

Anagrams

• gluten