ingulf

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A form of engulf — To overwhelm.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

verbingulf (third-person singular simple present ingulfs, present participle ingulfing, simple past and past participle ingulfed)

present singular third person ingulfs · participle present ingulfing · participle past ingulfed · past ingulfed

  1. archaicArchaic form of engulf.

    Borne slowly, on account of the caution necessary to be observed, how long seemed the interval ere he alighted, and on foot proceeded in the direction leading to the spot which ingulfed his victim!

    1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XXIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 287

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