emulge

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/ɪˈmʌld͡ʒənt/

verb

To milk out; to drain.

OriginLatin emulgeo →
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Meanings

verbemulge (third-person singular simple present emulges, present participle emulging, simple past and past participle emulged)

present singular third person emulges · participle present emulging · participle past emulged · past emulged

  1. obsoleteTo milk out; to drain.

    the Water cannot so readily subside and fall downwards , it may be the more plentifully emulged into the Bowels, and so that way discharged, as I have sometimes experienced.

    1701, Peter Paxton, An Essay concerning the Body of Man

Origin

  1. Latinemulgeo
  2. Englishemulge

Borrowed from Latin emulgeo, emulsum; e (“out”) + mulgeo (“to milk”); akin to English milk. See milk.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

legume
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emulge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emulge.

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