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Look up: devour

  1. devour
    [v] - enjoy avidly, as of a book 2. [v] - destroy completely 3. [v] - eat immoderately 4. [v] - eat greedily
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Devour
    De·vour' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Devoured ; present participle & verbal noun Devouring .] [ French dévorer , from Latin devorare ; de + vo...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/54

  3. devour
    1. 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.' (Gen. Xxxvii. 20) ... 2. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. devour
    guttle verb eat greedily; `he devoured three sandwiches`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. devour
    verb destroy completely; `Fire had devoured our home`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. devour
    verb enjoy avidly; `She devoured his novels`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. devour
    verb eat immoderately; `Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  8. Devour
    • (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. • (v. t.) To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon. • (v. t.) To enjo...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. devour
    devour 1. To eat greedily or voracously. 2. To destroy, consume, or waste; as, “A tornado devoured a wide area of the State”. 3. To take in eagerly. 4. To swallow up, engulf. Synonyms: gorge, gobble up, bolt, stuff, cram down; also, by extension: read eagerly, peruse intently, absorb wholly, engulf, and engross.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  10. Devour
    (film) `Devour` is a 2005 horror film directed by David Winkler. Plot: The story follows Jake Gray (Jensen Ackles), a young man who`s been having bizarre visions of murder and self-mutilation, and his experience with a live roleplay-like online game called "The Pathway" (a si...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devour



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13 February 2012

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The fifth queen of Henry VIII was Catherine Howard. Her father was very poor, and Catherine lived mainly with Agnes, widow of the 2nd duke of Norfolk. Henry was evidently charmed by her and he was privately married to Catherine at Oatlands in July 1540. In November 1541 Archbishop Thomas Cranmer informed Henry that his queen's past life had not been stainless. After some denials the queen herself admitted that this was true; but denied that she had misconducted herself since her marriage. Some fresh information, however, very soon came to light showing that she had been unchaste since her marriage; a bill of attainder was passed through parliament, and on the 13th of February 1542 the queen was beheaded. read more

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