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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gormandize \Gor"mand*ize\, Gourmandize \Gour"mand*ize\, v. i. &
     t. [imp. & p. p. {Gormandized}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Gormandizing}.] [F. gourmandise gluttony. See {Gormand}.]
     To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously
     or like a glutton; to make a pig of oneself. --Shak.
  


     Syn: gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff,
          engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gourmandize,
          binge, pig out, pok out, satiate, scarf out.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gormandize
       v : overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She
           stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on
           icecream" [syn: {gorge}, {ingurgitate}, {overindulge}, {glut},
            {englut}, {stuff}, {engorge}, {overgorge}, {overeat}, {gormandise},
            {gourmandize}, {binge}, {pig out}, {satiate}, {scarf out}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "gormandize":
     batten, bolt, bolt down, cram, devour, engorge, glut, gluttonize,
     gobble, gorge, gulp, gulp down, guttle, guzzle, live to eat, raven,
     stuff, wolf, wolf down
  
  

















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