Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Eat (-s, ate)
eat (-s, ate), v. [OE ate.] (webplay: die, food, men, words).
- Consume; ingest; take in food for bodily nourishment.
- Dissolve; corrode; wear away; break off.
- [Merism: “ate and drank”] partake; devour; absorb as knowledge.
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