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Meaning of 'devote' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Devote [ a.]
- Devoted; addicted; devout.
2 . Devote [ n.]
- A devotee.
3 . Devote [ 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.
- To execrate; to curse.
- 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.

Meaning of 'devote' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . devote [ v]
Meaning (1):
- give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
Example in sentence:
  • consecrate your life to the church;
  • give one's talents to a good cause;
  • She committed herself to the work of God
Meaning (2):
- dedicate
Example in sentence:
  • give priority to;
  • give thought to;
  • pay attention to
Meaning (3):
- set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use
Example in sentence:
  • this land was devoted to mining

Nearby Words:

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