Obs. rare. [f. EN-1 + GORE v.] trans. To gore, wound deeply; fig. to ‘goad,’ infuriate. Hence Engored ppl. a.

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1590.  Spenser, F. Q., II. viii. 42. As salvage Bull … When rancour doth with rage him once engore. Ibid., III. v. 28. By the great persue which she there perceav’d; Well hoped shee the beast engor’d had beene. Ibid. (1596), IV. ix. 31. As when an eager mastiffe once doth prove The tast of bloud of some engored beast.

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