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Definition of Engore
1. v. t. To gore; to pierce; to lacerate.
Definition of Engore
1. Verb. (obsolete) To gore; to pierce; to lacerate. ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete) To make bloody. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Engore
1. to gore [v ENGORED, ENGORING, ENGORES] - See also: gore
Medical Definition of Engore
1. 1. To gore; to pierce; to lacerate. "Deadly engored of a great wild boar." (Spenser) 2. To make bloody. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engore
Literary usage of Engore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... are couplets interchanged of sixteen and fourteen feet. engore, to ' gore',
wound deeply. Spenser, FQ ii. 8. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1818)
"... (doth bring, On which she first, whoes force her first Herself quite through
the body doth engore, [less thing; And falleth down to ..."
3. Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative by Leigh Hunt (1891)
"... Saw all this goodly sport, and grieved sore, Yet durst he not against it do
or say, But did his heart with bitter thoughts engore To see the unkindness ..."
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