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devote verb trans. L16.
[Latin devot- pa. ppl stem of devovere, from de- DE- 1 + vovere vow.]
Dedicate formally, consecrate, (to). L16.
W. Law All Christians are by their Baptism devoted to God.
Apply or give up zealously or exclusively to. E17.
L. M. Montgomery Jane says she will devote her whole life to teaching, and never, never, marry. R. G. Collingwood I learnt to devote my time more and more to music. H. L. Mencken Even more than Cato the Censor he devoted himself wholeheartedly to arousing fears and fomenting hatred. G. F. Kennan Pravda devoted the first four and a half pages of its six-page issue exclusively to a single document. E. Roosevelt The begum had devoted herself to trying to carry out his plans.
Consign to destruction; invoke a curse on. (Earlier as DEVOTED 3.) arch. M17.
Gibbon The hostile army was devoted with dire execrations to the gods of war and..thunder.
devotement noun an act of devoting; devotion, dedication: E17.