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

1. To devour or eat up; to ravenously feed on.
2. To overwhelm or engulf; to immerse as to destroy.
3. To devastate or destroy; to cause destruction.
4. To cause to disappear, waste or wither.

Conjugation

Conjugation of devouren (weak in -ede)

infinitive	(to) devouren, devoure
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	devoure	devoured(e)
2nd-person singular	devourest	devouredest
3rd-person singular	devoureth	devoured(e)
subjunctive singular	devoure
imperative singular		—
plural1	devouren, devoure	devoureden, devoured(e)
imperative plural	devoureth, devoure	—
participles	devourynge, devourende	devoured

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• devourere

Descendants

• English: devour
• Scots: devour, devoor

References

• “dēvǒuren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.