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Definitions for Devourer
[1] to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
[2] to consume destructively, recklessly, or wantonly: Fire devoured the old museum.
[3] to engulf or swallow up.
[4] to take in greedily with the senses or intellect: to devour the works of Freud.
[5] to absorb or engross wholly: a mind devoured by fears.
[6] to swallow or eat up greedily or voraciously
[7] to waste or destroy; consume the flames devoured the curtains
[8] to consume greedily or avidly with the senses or mind he devoured the manuscripts
[9] to engulf or absorb the flood devoured the land
Words nearby Devourer
devourdevote, devoted, devotee, devotion, devotional, devour, devout, devoy, dew, dew cell, dew line
Origin of Devourer
1275–1325; Middle English devouren < Anglo-French, Old French devourer < Latin dēvorāre to swallow down, equivalent to dē- de- + vorāre to eat up
Other words from Devourer
de·vour·er , noun
de·vour·ing·ly , adverb
de·vour·ing·ness , noun
in·ter·de·vour , verb (used with object)
pre·de·vour , verb (used with object)
re·de·vour , verb (used with object)
self-de·vour·ing , adjective
un·de·voured , adjective
Word origin for Devourer
C14: from Old French devourer, from Latin dēvorāre to gulp down, from de- + vorāre to consume greedily; see voracious