DEVOUR


Meaning of DEVOUR in English

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). devourer n. devouringly adv.

[ ME f. OF devorer f. L devorare (as DE-, vorare swallow) ]

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