Definition of Devore

1. (of velvet or satin), having a design etched with acid [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Devore

devolutionary
devolutionist
devolutionists
devolutions
devolve
devolve on
devolved
devolvement
devolves
devolving
devon
devonian
devons
devoration
devorations
devore (current term)
devot
devotaries
devotary
devotchka
devotchkas
devote
devoted
devoted(p)
devotedly
devotedness
devotednesses
devotee
devotees
devotement

Literary usage of Devore

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Carolina Bench and Bar by Ulysses Robert Brooks (1908)
"Honorable James William DeVore, the Judge of the new Eleventh Circuit, ... Mr. DeVore has conducted himself in such a way as to inspire and gain the ..."

2. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People by John Newton Boucher, John Woolf Jordan (1908)
"WILLIAM H. devore. The late William H. DeVore, who had the distinction of being the oldest undertaker, not of Pittsburg only, but of all western ..."

3. Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life: a Collection of by James Calvin Hemphill (1908)
"His father, James Adams DeVore, MD, was a physician possessed by nature of so ... His earliest known ancestors in America were Matthew DeVore, who came to ..."

4. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: With Some by Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Jasper Yeates, William Duane, Pennsylvania Circuit Courts (1871)
"JOHN devore. Statutes formerly construed liberally, on a change of ... John Baker, his last tenant, permitted Cornelius devore, who claimed title therein ..."

5. The Contemporary Drama of France by Frank Wadleigh Chandler (1920)
"... devore, AND TRARIEUX Following in the footsteps of Hervieu, Paul Hyacinthe Loyson (1873- ) emphasizes the elements of will and duty in his drama of ..."

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