To glut the market
(gcide) | Glut \Glut\ (gl[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Glutted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Glutting.] [OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L.
glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. ? to eat, Skr. gar. Cf.
Gluttion, Englut.]
1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge.
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Though every drop of water swear against it,
And gape at widest to glut him. --Shak.
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2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving
of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy.
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His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice,
Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes.
--Dryden.
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The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to
glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded
populace. --C. Kingsley.
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To glut the market, to furnish an oversupply of any article
of trade, so that there is no sale for it.
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