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Definition of Engorges
1. engorge [v] - See also: engorge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engorges
Literary usage of Engorges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"Water should be given frequently by the mouth, but Fauster does not approve of
sponging, as it contracts the superficial capillaries and still more engorges ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1846)
"... Rushes on sheep in the fold, and engorges iiis banquet of murder ; So has the
Myrmidon kill'd compassion, nor breathes in his bosom Shame, ..."
3. South African Journal of Science by South African association for the advancement of science (1904)
"The fertilized female engorges now rapidly, and may within a day reach an enormous
sixe. She drops usually from the fifth day, hides away, and begins laying ..."
4. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1891)
"The lymph which in this case engorges the lymph-vessels of the region in question,
can hardly be placed in quite the same class with the product of the ..."
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