Devote
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Devote
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1 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.
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2 v. t.
To execrate; to curse.
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3 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.
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4 a.
Devoted; addicted; devout.
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5 n.
A devotee.
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6 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.
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7 v. t.
To execrate; to curse.
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8 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.
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9 a.
Devoted; addicted; devout.
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10 n.
A devotee.