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/dɪvˈoʊt/ Listen

verb

Devote v. t. (past & past part. devoted; pres. part. devoting)

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. "No devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the Lord... shall be sold or redeemed."

To execrate; to curse. (Obs.)

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. "Thy servant who is devoted to thy fear." "They devoted themselves unto all wickedness." "A leafless and simple branch... devoted to the purpose of climbing."

Synonyms: To addict; apply; dedicate; consecrate; resign; destine; doom; consign. See Addict.

noun

Devote n. A devotee. (Obs.)

adjective

Devote adj. Devoted; addicted; devout. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Devote'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Devote" Quotes from Famous Books

... forced to cut one another's throats, pour passer le temps: and it has succeeded so well, that since the institution of Cizisbei, there has been nothing but peace and good humour amongst them. These are gentlemen who devote themselves to the service of a particular lady (I mean a married one) for the virgins are all invisible, and confined to convents: They are obliged to wait on her to all public places, such as the plays, operas, and assemblies, ...

— Letters of the Right Honourable Lady M--y W--y M--e • Lady Mary Wortley Montague

... were not sorry for what had happened. This act of violence must prove so plainly to all the world that they were prisoners, that all the world would now think them justified in getting off, in any way they could. They might now devote themselves to the ...

— The Peasant and the Prince • Harriet Martineau

... Mr. Everidge, as he replenished his plate with some dainty pickings, "is not the true aim of life. I consider it a high honor that the Professor should consent to devote a month of his valuable time to my edification, for he is getting to be quite a lion in the literary world. You had better have your chamber prepared for his occupancy, Marthe. As I remember him at college he had a fondness amounting almost to a craze for rooms ...

— A Beautiful Possibility • Edith Ferguson Black

... part, take with you this word of counsel from one who means kindly. Chains, even golden ones, drag us down, but liberty gives wings. You shine in the glittering splendor, but we strike the Spanish chains with the sword, and I devote myself to our work. Remember these words, and if you choose ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

... Finn except at meal-times, and the home seemed strangely silent and deserted. Finn was always locked up at night, or he would have chosen that time for hunting expeditions. As it was, however, the long days were his own, and he grew to devote less and less time out of these days to the home life. He was not inclined, as his mother had been, to lie dozing and dreaming for hours together in the outside den. He would slip through the orchard, and over its gate to the open Downs; and ...

— Finn The Wolfhound • A. J. Dawson

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