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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Devour \De*vour"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devoured}; p. pr & vb n. {Devouring}.] [F. d['e]vorer, fr L. devorare de + vorare to eat greedily, swallow up See {Voracious}.] 1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon Some evil beast hath devoured him --Gen. xxxvii 20. 2. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up to use up to waste; to annihilate. Famine and pestilence shall devour him --Ezek. vii. 15. I waste my life and do my days devour. --Spenser. 3. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses Longing they look and gaping at the sight, Devour her o'er with vast delight. --Dryden. Syn: To consume; waste; destroy; annihilate. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: devour v 1: destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home" 2: enjoy avidly, as of a book; "She devoured his novels" 3: eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" [syn: {down}, {consume}, {go through}] 4: eat greedily [syn: {gulp}, {guttle}, {raven}, {pig}]
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