gormandize
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Hawaiian oranges were delicious, although "I seldom eat more than 10 or 15 at a sitting, however, because I despise to see anybody gormandize."
From Time Magazine Archive
The dog's stomach is so subject to be deranged that few of these creatures can afford to gormandize; to which failing, however, they are much inclined.
From The Dog by Dinks
Once a year, at the village club dinner, they gormandize to repletion.
From The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies by Besant, Walter, Sir
Their power to gormandize seems unlimited, and the number of insects they can swallow without protest is almost incredible.
From The Renewal of Life; How and When to Tell the Story to the Young by Morley, Margaret Warner
Indeed, very frequently when he did not get permission to gormandize, this naughty glutton helped himself without leave.
From Holiday House A Series of Tales by Sinclair, Catherine
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The Merchant of Venice
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Henry IV, Part 2
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