Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Eat (-s, ate)
eat (-s, ate), v. [OE ate.] (webplay: die, food, men, words). A To consume as food for bodily nourishment. !!poem!!328/359 he bit an Angle Worm in halves / And ate the fellow, raw
- To wear away.
- Consume as knowledge.
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