An archaic or dialectal variant of 'deval,' meaning to lower in value or status.
Variant spelling of deval, with a double 'l' that suggests dialectal or regional usage. From Middle English, related to 'deval' and modern 'devalue.'
Devall is a linguistic ghost—it's such an old variant that it barely appears in modern texts, but it shows how the same word can have multiple spellings before languages standardize and choose just one winner!
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