devastatev.

Brit.

/ˈdɛvəsteɪt/, U.S.

/ˈdɛvəˌsteɪt/

Etymology: < Latin dēvastāt- participial stem of dēvastāre (see devast v.). Used by Sir T. Herbert and in Bailey 1727, but not recognized by Johnson 1755, and apparently not in common use till the 19th cent.

transitive. To lay waste, ravage, waste, render desolate.

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

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 77 Jangheer..subjects Berar, and devastates the Decan Empire unto Kerky.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II To Devastate, to lay waste, to spoil. [Omitted in ed. 2, 1731, and not in Folio 1730.]

1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. at Devast Not now in use. But devastate supplies its place.

1842 T. B. Macaulay Frederic the Great in Ess. (1854) 683/2 A succession of cruel wars had devastated Europe.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 179 We invade them impiously for gain, We devastate them unreligiously.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §4. 241 [Black Death] devastating Europe from the shores of the Mediterranean to the Baltic.

figurative.1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 298 Kant completely devastates the cobwebs and sophistries.1864 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) III. 31 Went to town, which devastated the day.

Derivatives

ˈdevastated adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

barec1305

waste1338

desolatea1382

yheryȝeda1440

wastedc1440

ruined1600

vastate1616

devasted1632

ravaged1657

divast1677

populated1747

devastated1813

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iv. 50 The bloodiest scourge Of devastated earth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	devastate
释义	devastatev. Brit. /ˈdɛvəsteɪt/, U.S. /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪt/ Etymology: < Latin dēvastāt- participial stem of dēvastāre (see devast v.). Used by Sir T. Herbert and in Bailey 1727, but not recognized by Johnson 1755, and apparently not in common use till the 19th cent. transitive. To lay waste, ravage, waste, render desolate. 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 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 77 Jangheer..subjects Berar, and devastates the Decan Empire unto Kerky. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II To Devastate, to lay waste, to spoil. [Omitted in ed. 2, 1731, and not in Folio 1730.] 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. at Devast Not now in use. But devastate supplies its place. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Frederic the Great in Ess. (1854) 683/2 A succession of cruel wars had devastated Europe. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 179 We invade them impiously for gain, We devastate them unreligiously. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People v. §4. 241 [Black Death] devastating Europe from the shores of the Mediterranean to the Baltic. figurative.1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith v. i. §2. 298 Kant completely devastates the cobwebs and sophistries.1864 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) III. 31 Went to town, which devastated the day. Derivatives ˈdevastated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devastating > devastated barec1305 waste1338 desolatea1382 yheryȝeda1440 wastedc1440 ruined1600 vastate1616 devasted1632 ravaged1657 divast1677 populated1747 devastated1813 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iv. 50 The bloodiest scourge Of devastated earth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1638
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