devouren

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === devoren, devouir, devoure, devowre, devowren === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French devorer, from Latin dēvorō, dēvorāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɛːˈvuːrən/ === Verb === devouren To devour or eat up; to ravenously feed on. To overwhelm or engulf; to immerse as to destroy. To devastate or destroy; to cause destruction. To cause to disappear, waste or wither. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== devourere ==== Descendants ==== English: devour Scots: devour, devoor ==== References ==== “dēvǒuren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.