/
dɪˈvaʊə/
v.
- eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly.
▸(of fire or a similar force) consume destructively.
- read quickly and eagerly.
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(be devoured)
be totally absorbed by a powerful feeling.
Derivative
- devourer n.
- devouring adj.
- devouringly adv.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. devorer, from L. devorare, from de- ‘down’ + vorare ‘to swallow’.