Definition for THRONG

THRONG, v.i. [Sax. thringan; D. dringen; G. drängen; Dan. trænger; Sw. tränga. If n is not radical, this word coincides with Sw. tryka, Dan. trykker, to press, to print. Class Rg.]

To crowd together; to press into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to come in multitudes. I have seen / The dumb men throng to see him. Shak.

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