ə̇n, en+ verb
Etymology: Middle French engorgier to feed to repletion, devour, from Old French, to devour, from en- en- (I) + gorge throat — more at gorge
transitive verb
1. : gorge , glut : as
a. : to feed (as oneself or an animal) to repletion
a working horse should not be engorged on the weekend
b. : to fill with blood to the point of congestion — usually used in passive
the gastric mucosa was greatly engorged
2. : to swallow with greediness : devour , engulf
intransitive verb
1. : to feed with eagerness or voracity
2. of a bloodsucking invertebrate : to feed on blood to the limit of body capacity
larvae which had engorged … previously on an infected guinea pig, transmitted a fatal infection — Journal of Infectious Diseases