devouren
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Middle English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French devorer, from Latin dēvorō, dēvorāre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
devouren
- To devour or eat up; to ravenously feed on.
- To overwhelm or engulf; to immerse as to destroy.
- To devastate or destroy; to cause destruction.
- To cause to disappear, waste or wither.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of devouren (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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References[edit]
- “dēvǒuren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.