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Definition of Devote
1. Verb. Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause. "Consecrate your life to the church"
Specialized synonyms: Consecrate, Vow, Rededicate, Apply
Related verbs: Give, Give, Sacrifice
Generic synonyms: Apply, Employ, Use, Utilise, Utilize
Derivative terms: Commitment, Consecration, Dedication, Dedication, Dedication, Dedication, Devotee, Devotion, Devotion
2. Verb. Dedicate. "Pay attention to"
3. Verb. Set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use. "This land was devoted to mining"
Definition of Devote
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.
2. a. Devoted; addicted; devout.
3. n. A devotee.
Definition of Devote
1. Verb. To give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Devote
1. to give oneself wholly to [v -VOTED, -VOTING, -VOTES]
Medical Definition of Devote
1. 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. 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. "Thy servant who is devoted to thy fear." (Ps. Cxix. 38) "They devoted themselves unto all wickedness." (Grew) "A leafless and simple branch . . . Devoted to the purpose of climbing." (Gray) Synonym: To addict, apply, dedicate, consecrate, resign, destine, doom, consign. See Addict. Origin: L. Devotus, p. P. Of devovere; de + vovere to vow. See Vow, and cf. Devout, Devow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devote
Literary usage of Devote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine (1909)
"THE NINTH BOOK Augustine determines to devote bis life to God, and to abandon
bis profession of Rhetoric, quietly however; retires to the country to prepare ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In 1780 he removed to London to devote himself to literary work, publishing, in
1781, a volume of Rimes of no great merit, and a professed collection of ..."
3. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"to devote ourselves to his service. Hence it is evident, beyond all controversy,
that baptism has succeeded in the place of circumcision. ..."
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