verzehren.
to consume
Meaning & usage
to consume
to languish
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German verzeren, verzern, vorzern, ferzeren, ferzern, forzern, from Old High German firzeran (“to tear up, consume”), from Proto-West Germanic *frateran (“to tear up, tear to shreds”), equivalent to ver- + zehren. Cognate with Middle Low German vörtēren (modern German Low German vertehren), Dutch verteren (“to consume, devour”), English fortear (“to tear up”).
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