engore en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɪŋˈɡɔː(ɹ)/
Etymology
From en- + gore.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To gore, pierce, or lacerate.
deadly engored of a great wild Bore
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 38:
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(obsolete, transitive) To make bloody or gory.
Cut out this arrow; and the blood, that is engored and dry.
[1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| engores | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| engored | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| engored | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| engoring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |