Devour Definition

dĭ-vour
devoured, devouring, devours
verb
devoured, devouring, devours
To eat or eat up hungrily, greedily, or voraciously.
Webster's New World
To consume or destroy with devastating force.
Webster's New World
To take in eagerly.
Devour a novel.
American Heritage
To take in greedily with the eyes, ears, or mind.
The child devours fairy tales.
Webster's New World
To preoccupy or obsess in a harmful way.
Was devoured by jealousy.
American Heritage
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Origin of Devour

  • Middle English devouren from Old French devourer from Latin dēvorāre dē- de- vorāre to swallow

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Anglo-Norman devourer, Old French devorer (Modern French dévorer), from Latin dēvorō, from vorō.

    From Wiktionary

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