To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon. "Some evil beast hath devoured him."
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"Devouring" Quotes from Famous Books — The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume IV (of 8) • Guy de Maupassant — The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom • Charles Darwin — The Legacy of Cain • Wilkie Collins — The Trampling of the Lilies • Rafael Sabatini — Business Correspondence • Anonymous |
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