devecer

• adovecer

Probably from Latin dēficere (“to fall short”). In that case, it could be its only descendant in a Romance language.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /deβeˈθeɾ/

devecer (first-person singular present devezo, first-person singular preterite devecín, past participle devecido) (intransitive)

1. to decrease, lessen

   Synonym: minguar

2. to covet [with por]

   Synonyms: adoecer, anhelar, cobizar, degorar, gorar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “devecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “devecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “devecer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN