DEVOTIONALLY
De*vo"tion*al*ly, adv.
Defn: In a devotional manner; toward devotion.
DEVOTO
De*vo"to, n. Etym: [It.]
Defn: A devotee. Dr. J. Scott.
DEVOTOR
De*vo"tor, n. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A worshiper; one given to devotion. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
DEVOUR
De*vour", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devoured; p. pr. & vb. n. Devouring.]
Etym: [F. dévorer, fr. L. devorare; de + vorare to eat greedily,
swallow up. See Voracious.]
1. To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon. Some evil beast hath devoured him. Gen. xxxvii. 20.
2. To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate. Famine and pestilence shall devour him. Ezek. vii. 15. I waste my life and do my days devour. Spenser.
3. To enjoy with avidity; to appropriate or take in eagerly by the senses. Longing they look, and gaping at the sight, Devour her o'er with vast delight. Dryden.