ingulf

English

Verb

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

  1. Archaic form of engulf.
    • 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XXIII, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 287:
      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!

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