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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Devote \De*vote"\, a. [L. devotus p. p.] Devoted; addicted; devout. [Obs.] --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Devote \De*vote"\, n. A devotee. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Devote \De*vote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devoted}; p. pr & vb n. {Devoting}.] [L. devotus p. p. of devovere de + vovere to vow. See {Vow}, and cf {Devout}, {Devow}.] 1. 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. --Lev. xxvii. 28. 2. To execrate; to curse. [Obs.] 3. 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: devote v 1: furnish or contribute; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause" [syn: {give}, {dedicate}, {commit}] 2: as in the expressions "give thought to"; "give priority to", etc [syn: {give}, {pay}]
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