Webster's Dictionary 1913

2674

Devoter

De‐vot″er (?), n. One who devotes; a worshiper.

2675

Devotion

De‐vo″tion (?), n. [F. dévotion, L. devotio.] 1. The act of devoting; consecration.2. The state of being devoted; addiction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affecti...

2676

Devotional

De‐vo″tion‐al (?), a. [L. devotionalis.] Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.

2677

Devotionalist

{ De‐vo″tion‐al‐ist, De‐vo″tion‐ist, } n. One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion.

2678

Devotionality

De‐vo′tion‐al″i‐ty (?), n. The practice of a devotionalist. A. H. Clough.

2679

Devotionally

De‐vo″tion‐al‐ly (?), adv. In a devotional manner; toward devotion.

2680

Devoto

‖De‐vo″to (?), n. A devotee. Dr. J. Scott.

2681

Devotor

De‐vo″tor (?), n. A worshiper; one given to devotion. Beau. & Fl.

2682

Devour

De‐vour″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Devoured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Devouring.] [F. dévorer, fr. L. devorare; de + vorare to eat greedily, swallow up. See Voracious.] 1. To eat up wit...

2683

Devourable

De‐vour″a‐ble (?), a. That may be devoured.

2684

Devourer

De‐vour″er (?), n. One who, or that which, devours.

2685

Devouringly

De‐vour″ing‐ly, adv. In a devouring manner.

2686

Devout

De‐vout″ (?), a. [OE. devot, devout, F. dévot, from L. devotus devoted, p. p. of devovere. See Devote, v. t.] 1. Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbe...

2687

Devout (2)

De‐vout″, n. 1. A devotee. Sheldon.2. A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion. Milton.

2688

Devoutful

De‐vout″ful (?), a. 1. Full of devotion.2. Sacred.To take her from austerer check of parents,To make her his by most devoutful rights. Marston.

2689

Devoutless

De‐vout″less, a. Destitute of devotion. — De‐vout″less‐ly, adv. — De‐vout″less‐ness, n.

2690

Devoutly

De‐vout″ly, adv. 1. In a devout and reverent manner; with devout emotions; piously.Cast her fair eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly. Shak.2. Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly.'T is...

2691

Devoutness

De‐vout″ness, n. Quality or state of being devout.

2692

Devove

De‐vove″ (?), v. t. [See Devote, v. t.] To devote. Cowley.

2693

Devow

De‐vow″ (?), v. t. [F. dévouer, L. devovere. See Devote, v. t.] 1. To give up; to devote.2. [Cf. OF. desvoer. Cf. Disavow.] To disavow; to disclaim. G. Fletcher.

2694

Devulgarize

De‐vul″gar‐ize (?), v. t. To free from what is vulgar, common, or narrow.Shakespeare and Plutarch's “Lives” are very devulgarizing books. E. A. Abbott.

2695

Dew

Dew (dū), n. [AS. deáw; akin to D. dauw, G. thau, tau, Icel. dögg, Sw. dagg, Dan. dug; cf. Skr. dhav, dhāv, to flow. √72. Cf. Dag dew.] 1. Moisture from the atmosphere condensed...

2696

Dew (2)

Dew, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dewing.] To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew.The grasses grewA little ranker since they dewed the...

2697

Dew (3)

Dew, a. & n. Same as Due, or Duty. Spenser.

2698

Dew-point

Dew″–point′ (?), n.(Meteor.) The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere.

2699

Dewar vessel

Dew″ar ves′sel (dū″ẽr). [After Sir James Dewar, British physicist.] A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted so as...

2700

Dewberry

Dew″ber′ry (?), n.(Bot.) (a) The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. cæsius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of R. canadensis a...