[f. ENGORGE v. + -MENT.] a. The action of engorging. b. The state of being engorged, in various senses, esp. Path. the congestion (of a tissue or organ) with blood, secretions, etc.

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1611.  Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. xvi. (1632), 844. The warre eates on still in the body of France, but not with so sharpe teeth, nor so full engorgement as before.

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1866.  A. Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 163. The period during which the affected lobe is in the state of active congestion or engorgement.

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1872.  Darwin, Emotions, xiii. 325. The engorgement of the face, ears, and eyes with blood.

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1873.  J. G. Holland, A. Bonnicastle, vii. 118. His aim was … never to press to engorgement the receptive faculties.

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1878.  Napheys, Phys. Life Woman, II. 233. Averting the violent rush of the milk … and the consequent engorgement of the breast.

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1881.  Raymond, Mining Gloss., Engorgement, the clogging of a furnace.

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