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interdevoured

interdevoured is the simple past and past participle of interdevour.

Meaning of interdevour

Verb

interdevour (third-person singular simple present interdevours, present participle interdevouring, simple past and past participle interdevoured)

  1. (rare) Of many people, creatures etc.: to devour each other.
    • Epicurus said of the lawes that the worst were so necessary unto us, that without them men would enterdevour one another.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Questions about interdevoured

What is interdevoured the simple past and past participle of?
Interdevoured is the simple past and past participle of interdevour.

Words near interdevoured in the dictionary

  1. interdestructive
  2. interdestructiveness
  3. interdeveloper
  4. interdevice
  5. interdevour
  6. interdevoured
  7. interdevouring
  8. interdevours
  9. interdialect
  10. interdialectal
  11. interdialectally

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