definitions

regorge

[ ri-gawrj ]
/ rɪˈgɔrdʒ /
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verb (used with object), re·gorged, re·gorg·ing.

to disgorge; cast up again.

verb (used without object), re·gorged, re·gorg·ing.

to rush back again; gush: The waters regorged.

Nearby words

regnal, regnant, regnat populus, rego, regolith, regorge, regosol, regr., regrate, regreet, regress

Origin of regorge

First recorded in 1595–1605, regorge is from the French word regorger, Middle French. See re-, gorge1
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Examples from the Web for regorge

  • Paris is what, in figurative speech, they call 'flooded with pamphlets (regorge de brochures);' flooded and eddying again.

    The French Revolution|Thomas Carlyle

  • As to finding p. 246them out to make them regorge that was out of the question.

    Christopher Crayon's Recollections|J. Ewing Ritchie

British Dictionary definitions for regorge

regorge

/ (rɪˈɡɔːdʒ) /

verb

(tr) to vomit up; disgorge
(intr) (esp of water) to flow or run back

Word Origin for regorge

C17: from French regorger; see gorge
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