devourer
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English devourere; equivalent to devour + -er.
Noun
devourer (plural devourers)
- One who devours.
- 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica, page 354:
- It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]
- 1864, Frank Leslie's Ten Cent Monthly, volumes 1-2, page 305:
- [They] have entered into the hunt with all the zeal that characterized the bookhunters, the coin collectors, the autograph devourers and the rest of that class of maniacs.
Anagrams
Middle French
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of devourer
infinitive | simple | devourer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | devourant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | devouré | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | devoure | devoures | devoure | devourons | devourez | devourent |
imperfect | devourois, devouroys | devourois, devouroys | devouroit, devouroyt | devourions, devouryons | devouriez, devouryez | devouroient, devouroyent | |
past historic | devoura | devouras | devoura | devourasmes | devourastes | devourerent | |
future | devourerai, devoureray | devoureras | devourera | devourerons | devourerez | devoureront | |
conditional | devourerois, devoureroys | devourerois, devoureroys | devoureroit, devoureroyt | devourerions, devoureryons | devoureriez, devoureryez | devoureroient, devoureroyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | devoure | devoures | devoure | devourons | devourez | devourent |
imperfect | devourasse | devourasses | devourast | devourassions | devourassiez | devourassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | devoure | — | devourons | devourez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Old French
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem deveur distinct from the unstressed stem devour. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | devourer | avoir devouré | |||||
gerund | en devourant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | devourant | ||||||
past participle | devouré | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | deveur | deveures | deveure | devourons | devourez | deveurent |
imperfect | devouroie, devoureie, devouroe, devoureve | devouroies, devoureies, devouroes, devoureves | devouroit, devoureit, devourot, devoureve | devouriiens, devouriens | devouriiez, devouriez | devouroient, devoureient, devouroent, devourevent | |
preterite | devourai | devouras | devoura | devourames | devourastes | devourerent | |
future | devourerai | devoureras | devourera | devourerons | devoureroiz, devourereiz, devourerez | devoureront | |
conditional | devoureroie, devourereie | devoureroies, devourereies | devoureroit, devourereit | devoureriiens, devoureriens | devoureriiez, devoureriez | devoureroient, devourereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | deveur | deveurs | deveurt | devourons | devourez | deveurent |
imperfect | devourasse | devourasses | devourast | devourissons, devourissiens | devourissoiz, devourissez, devourissiez | devourassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | deveure | — | devourons | devourez | — |
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