devour
Meaning
Verb
- To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously.
- To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste.
- To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.
- To absorb or engross the mind fully, especially in a destructive manner.
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Origin
- Anglo-Norman devourer, Old French devorer (Modern French dévorer), from Latin dēvorō, from vorō.
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