devastv.

Etymology: < French dévaster (1499 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin dēvastāre to lay waste, < de- prefix 1a, 1c + vastāre to lay waste, vastus waste. Frequent in 17th cent.; not recognized by Johnson, and said by Todd to be ‘not now in use’; but occurring in end of 19th cent.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈvast.

Now rare.

a. transitive. To lay waste, devastate v.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devastate or lay waste (a place, etc.)

harryc893

fordoc900

awesteeOE

westeeOE

losec950

harrowc1000

destroyc1230

wastec1275

ravishc1325

to lie waste1338

exilea1382

to-wastea1382

unronea1400

desolatea1425

vast1434

fruster?a1513

to lay waste1535

wipe1535

devast1537

depopulate1548

populate1552

forwaste1563

ruinate1564

havoc1575

scourge1576

dispopulate1588

destitute1593

ravage1602

harassa1618

devastate1638

execute1679

to make stroy of1682

to lay in ashes1711

untown1783

hell-rake1830

uncity1850

1537 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 553 The yere soo ferre spent, and the countrey soo devasted.

1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. G2^v An vncoth sauadge Boare Deuasts the fertill plaines of Thessaly.

a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. vi The thirty years war that devasted Germany.

1887 Voice (N.Y.) 13 Jan. 5 A statute..which, in prohibiting an injurious business, devasts property previously existing.

1890 W. F. Rae Maygrove III. vii. 254 The mountain slopes have been devasted by lava.

absolute.1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 6 To devast according to the prædictions of vain humane art.

†b. To waste (time, etc.). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > waste time

leese?c1225

losea1340

defer1382

wastea1400

slip1435

consumea1500

superexpend1513

slow?1522

sloth1523

to fode forth1525

slack1548

dree1584

sleuth1584

confound1598

spenda1604

to fret out1608

to spin out1608

misplace1609

spend1614

tavern1628

devast1632

to drill away, on, outa1656

dulla1682

to dally away1685

squander1693

to linger awaya1704

dangle1727

dawdle1768

slim1812

diddle1826

to run out the clock1957

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 44 After my returne from Padua to Venice and 24 days attendance devasted there for passage.

Derivatives

deˈvasted adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devastating > devastated

barec1305

waste1338

desolatea1382

yheryȝeda1440

wastedc1440

ruined1600

vastate1616

devasted1632

ravaged1657

divast1677

populated1747

devastated1813

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 214 Time..running all things to devasted desolation.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 127 In eight hours no trace was left either of the devasters or devasted.

deˈvasting adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devastating

wastingc1230

wastefula1400

spoiling1565

desolative1593

desolatory1606

depopulating1627

devastating1634

ravaginga1649

devasting1659

vastative1667

devastative1805

depopulative1861

depopulatory1864

earth-shattering1864

1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 39 Love prudent Laws; devasting Arms neglect.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	devast
释义	devastv. Etymology: < French dévaster (1499 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin dēvastāre to lay waste, < de- prefix 1a, 1c + vastāre to lay waste, vastus waste. Frequent in 17th cent.; not recognized by Johnson, and said by Todd to be ‘not now in use’; but occurring in end of 19th cent.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈvast. Now rare. a. transitive. To lay waste, devastate v. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devastate or lay waste (a place, etc.) harryc893 fordoc900 awesteeOE westeeOE losec950 harrowc1000 destroyc1230 wastec1275 ravishc1325 to lie waste1338 exilea1382 to-wastea1382 unronea1400 desolatea1425 vast1434 fruster?a1513 to lay waste1535 wipe1535 devast1537 depopulate1548 populate1552 forwaste1563 ruinate1564 havoc1575 scourge1576 dispopulate1588 destitute1593 ravage1602 harassa1618 devastate1638 execute1679 to make stroy of1682 to lay in ashes1711 untown1783 hell-rake1830 uncity1850 1537 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 553 The yere soo ferre spent, and the countrey soo devasted. 1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. G2^v An vncoth sauadge Boare Deuasts the fertill plaines of Thessaly. a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. vi The thirty years war that devasted Germany. 1887 Voice (N.Y.) 13 Jan. 5 A statute..which, in prohibiting an injurious business, devasts property previously existing. 1890 W. F. Rae Maygrove III. vii. 254 The mountain slopes have been devasted by lava. absolute.1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 6 To devast according to the prædictions of vain humane art. †b. To waste (time, etc.). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > waste time leese?c1225 losea1340 defer1382 wastea1400 slip1435 consumea1500 superexpend1513 slow?1522 sloth1523 to fode forth1525 slack1548 dree1584 sleuth1584 confound1598 spenda1604 to fret out1608 to spin out1608 misplace1609 spend1614 tavern1628 devast1632 to drill away, on, outa1656 dulla1682 to dally away1685 squander1693 to linger awaya1704 dangle1727 dawdle1768 slim1812 diddle1826 to run out the clock1957 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 44 After my returne from Padua to Venice and 24 days attendance devasted there for passage. Derivatives deˈvasted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devastating > devastated barec1305 waste1338 desolatea1382 yheryȝeda1440 wastedc1440 ruined1600 vastate1616 devasted1632 ravaged1657 divast1677 populated1747 devastated1813 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 214 Time..running all things to devasted desolation. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 127 In eight hours no trace was left either of the devasters or devasted. deˈvasting adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devastating wastingc1230 wastefula1400 spoiling1565 desolative1593 desolatory1606 depopulating1627 devastating1634 ravaginga1649 devasting1659 vastative1667 devastative1805 depopulative1861 depopulatory1864 earth-shattering1864 1659 T. Pecke Parnassi Puerperium 39 Love prudent Laws; devasting Arms neglect. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1537
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