devourer
English
Etymology
devour + -er
Noun
devourer (plural devourers)
- One who devours.
- 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica (page 354)
- It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]
- 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica (page 354)
Anagrams
- overrude
Middle French
Verb
devourer
- to devour; to consume; to eat
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of devourer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | devourer | avoir devouré | |||||
| gerund | en devourant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | devourant | ||||||
| past participle | devouré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses | present | devoure | devoures | devoure | devourons | devourez | devourent |
| imperfect | devourois, devouroys | devourois, devouroys | devouroit, devouroyt | devourions, devouryons | devouriez, devouryez | devouroient, devouroyent | |
| past historic | devoura | devouras | devoura | devourasmes | devourastes | devourerent | |
| future | devourerai, devoureray | devoureras | devourera | devourerons | devourerez | devoureront | |
| conditional | devourerois, devoureroys | devourerois, devoureroys | devoureroit, devoureroyt | devourerions, devoureryons | devoureriez, devoureryez | devoureroient, devoureroyent | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses | present | devoure | devoures | devoure | devourons | devourez | devourent |
| imperfect | devourasse | devourasses | devourast | devourassions | devourassiez | devourassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | devoure | — | devourons | devourez | — | ||
Old French
Verb
devourer
- Alternative form of devorer
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem deveur distinct from the unstressed stem devour. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of devourer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | devourer | avoir devouré | |||||
| gerund | en devourant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | devourant | ||||||
| past participle | devouré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | deveur | deveures | deveure | devourons | devourez | deveurent |
| imperfect | devouroie, devoureie, devouroe, devoureve | devouroies, devoureies, devouroes, devoureves | devouroit, devoureit, devourot, devoureve | devouriiens, devouriens | devouriiez, devouriez | devouroient, devoureient, devouroent, devourevent | |
| preterite | devourai | devouras | devoura | devourames | devourastes | devourerent | |
| future | devourerai | devoureras | devourera | devourerons | devoureroiz, devourereiz, devourerez | devoureront | |
| conditional | devoureroie, devourereie | devoureroies, devourereies | devoureroit, devourereit | devoureriiens, devoureriens | devoureriiez, devoureriez | devoureroient, devourereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | deveur | deveurs | deveurt | devourons | devourez | deveurent |
| imperfect | devourasse | devourasses | devourast | devourissons, devourissiens | devourissoiz, devourissez, devourissiez | devourassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | deveure | — | devourons | devourez | — | ||