Part 3050

<blockquote>Longing they look, and gaping at the sight, <b>Devour</b> her o'er with vast delight. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To consume; waste; destroy; annihilate.</syn>

<h1>Devourable</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>De*vour"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be devoured.</def>

<h1>Devourer</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>De*vour"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, devours.</def>

<h1>Devouringly</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>De*vour"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a devouring manner.</def>

<h1>Devout</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>De*vout"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>devot</ets>, <ets>devout</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82vot</ets>, from L. <ets>devotus</ets> devoted, p. p. of <ets>devovere</ets>. See <er>Devote</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>devout</b> man, and one that feared God. <i>Acts x. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>We must be constant and <b>devout</b> in the worship of God. <i>Rogers.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Expressing devotion or piety; <as>as, eyes <ex>devout</ex>; sighs <ex>devout</ex>; a <ex>devout</ex> posture.</as></def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Warmly devoted; hearty; sincere; earnest; <as>as, <ex>devout</ex> wishes for one's welfare</as>.</def>

<cs><col>The devout</col>, <cd>devoutly religious persons, those who are sincerely pious.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Holy; pure; religious; prayerful; pious; earnest; reverent; solemn; sincere.</syn>

<h1>Devout</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>De*vout"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A devotee.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sheldon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Devoutful</h1> <Xpage=404>

<hw>De*vout"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of devotion.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sacred.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>