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Definition of Devours
1. devour [v] - See also: devour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devours
Literary usage of Devours
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... Oozing black poison-sap; and she had plucked That philter from the forehead
of new foal Before its dam devours. Dido herself, Sprinkling the salt meal, ..."
2. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"... and devours them and commonly this does not happen without a terrible event
in the kingdom, without a change being at hand, either that the princes will ..."
3. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"... and devours them and commonly this does not happen without a terrible event
in the kingdom, without a change being at hand, either that the princes will ..."
4. Erasmus Darwin by Charles Darwin (1880)
"The lion devours the lamb, and the latter the living plants, whilst man eats
both; there is nothing like peace in nature. In his last work this conception ..."
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