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Devour

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(1):

(v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

(2):

(v. t.) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate.

(3):

(v. t.) To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Devour'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/devour.html. 1828.
 
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