Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DEV'AST-ATE
DEV'AST-ATE, v.t. [L. devasto; de and vasto, to waste; Fr. devaster; Sp. devastar; It. devastare. See Waste.]
To lay waste; to waste; to ravage; to desolate; to destroy improvements.
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