{"def":{"short":"to eat up, i.e., devour (literally or figuratively)","long":["to consume by eating, to eat up, devour",["of birds","of a dragon","of a man eating up the little book",["to ruin (by the infliction of injuries)"]],"metaphorically",["to devour i.e., squander, waste: substance","to devour i.e., forcibly appropriate: widows' property","to strip one of his goods","by fire, to devour i.e., to utterly consume, destroy","of the consumption of the strength of body and mind by strong emotions"]]},"deriv":"from G2596 and G2068 (including its alternate)","pronun":{"ipa":"kɑ.tɛˈsθi.o","ipa_mod":"kɑ.te̞ˈsθi.ow","sbl":"katesthiō","dic":"ka-teh-STHEE-oh","dic_mod":"ka-tay-STHEE-oh"},"see":["G2068","G2596"]}