- (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 enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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