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interdevouring

interdevouring is the present participle and gerund 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 interdevouring

What is interdevouring the present participle and gerund of?
Interdevouring is the present participle and gerund of interdevour.

Words near interdevouring in the dictionary

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

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