devote

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvəʊt/

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• Rhymes: -əʊt

devote (third-person singular simple present devotes, present participle devoting, simple past and past participle devoted)

1. To give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter.

   They devoted their lives to following Jesus Christ.

   I devoted this afternoon to repainting my study, and nothing will get in my way.

   • Grew

     They devoted themselves unto all wickedness.

   • Gray

     a leafless and simple branch […] devoted to the purpose of climbing

2. To consign over; to doom.

   to devote one to destruction

   The city was devoted to the flames.

3. To execrate; to curse.

• Often used in the past participle form, which has become an adjective. See devoted.

• devotion

• devotee

devote (comparative more devote, superlative most devote)

1. (obsolete) Devoted; addicted; devout.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

• vetoed

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devote

1. Inflected form of devoot

devote

1. inflected form of devot

devote

1. feminine plural of devoto

devote f

1. plural of devota

• dovete

dēvote

1. vocative masculine singular of dēvotus

• devote in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• devote in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette