What is to affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." Swift called?
choke — To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." Swift. (Webster's 1913.)
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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