devouren

Middle English

Alternative forms

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 -ed)
infinitive (to) devouren, devoure
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

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

Descendants

  • English: devour
  • Scots: devour, devoor

References

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