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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
engorge /ɪnˈgɔːdʒ, ɛn-/

▶verb swell or cause to swell with blood, water, etc.

– derivatives
engorgement noun.

– origin C15 (in the sense ‘gorge oneself’): from OFr. engorgier ‘feed to excess’, from en- ‘into’ + gorge ‘throat’.

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