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
Conjugation of devouren (weak in -ed)
infinitive | (to) devouren, devoure | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | devoure | devoured | |
2nd-person singular | devourest | devouredest | |
3rd-person singular | devoureth | devoured | |
subjunctive singular | devoure | ||
imperative singular | — | ||
plural1 | devouren, devoure | devoureden, devourede | |
imperative plural | devoureth, devoure | — | |
participles | devourynge, devourende | devoured |
1Sometimes 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.