Ingulfing

Ingulfing
Ingulf In*gulf", v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingulfed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingulfing}.] [Cf. {Engulf}.] [Written also {engulf}.] To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See {Engulf}. [1913 Webster]

A river large . . . Passed underneath ingulfed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • ingulfing — v. consume, swallow up, overwhelm; submerge, immerse, engulf …   English contemporary dictionary

  • engulf — Ingulf In*gulf , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingulfed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingulfing}.] [Cf. {Engulf}.] [Written also {engulf}.] To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See {Engulf}. [1913 Webster] A river large . . . Passed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ingulf — In*gulf , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingulfed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingulfing}.] [Cf. {Engulf}.] [Written also {engulf}.] To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See {Engulf}. [1913 Webster] A river large . . . Passed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ingulfed — Ingulf In*gulf , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingulfed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ingulfing}.] [Cf. {Engulf}.] [Written also {engulf}.] To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See {Engulf}. [1913 Webster] A river large . . . Passed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ingulfment — In*gulf ment, n. The act of ingulfing, or the state of being ingulfed. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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