Devote

[dɪ'vəʊt] or [dɪ'vot]

Definition

(verb.) set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; 'this land was devoted to mining'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames.

(v. t.) To execrate; to curse.

(v. t.) To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc.

(a.) Devoted; addicted; devout.

(n.) A devotee.

Typist: Moira

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Appropriate (by vow), consecrate, dedicate, destine, set apart.[2]. Addict, apply, resign, give up.[3]. Doom, give over.

Typist: Thaddeus

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See DEDICATE]

Editor: Tod

Definition

v.t. to vow: to set apart or dedicate by solemn act: to doom: to give up wholly.—adj. Devōt′ed given up as by a vow: doomed: strongly attached: zealous.—adv. Devōt′edly.—ns. Devōt′edness; Devotēē′ one wholly or superstitiously devoted esp. to religion: a fanatic; Devōte′ment (Shak.); Devō′tion consecration: giving up of the mind to the worship of God: piety: prayer: strong affection or attachment: ardour: (pl.) prayers: (obs.) religious offerings: alms.—adj. Devō′tional.—ns. Devō′tionalist Devō′tionist.—adv. Devō′tionally.

Typist: Marvin

Examples

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