v.tr.
1. eat hungrily or greedily.
2 (of fire etc.) engulf, destroy.
3 take in greedily with the eyes or ears (devoured book after book).
4 absorb the attention of (devoured by anxiety).
Derivatives:
devourer n. devouringly adv.
Etymology: ME f. OF devorer f. L devorare (as DE-, vorare swallow)