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devote

[dih-voht]

verb (used with object)

devoted, devoting 
  1. to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc..

    to devote one's time to reading.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. to appropriate by or as if by a vow; set apart or dedicate by a solemn or formal act; consecrate.

    She devoted her life to God.

  3. to commit to evil or destruction; doom.



devote

/ ɪˈəʊ /

verb

  1. to apply or dedicate (oneself, time, money, etc) to some pursuit, cause, etc

  2. obsoleteto curse or doom

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ˈdzٱ𳾱Գ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of devote1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin ŧōٳܲ “vowed,” past participle of ŧDZŧ “to vow,” from ŧ- de- + DZŧ “to vow” ( vow )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of devote1

C16: from Latin ŧōٳܲ devoted, solemnly promised, from ŧDZŧ to vow; see de- , vow
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Synonym Study

Devote, dedicate, consecrate share the sense of assigning or applying someone or something to an activity, function, or end. Devote, though it has some overtones of religious dedication, is the most general of the three terms: He devoted his free time to mastering the computer. Dedicate is more solemn and carries an ethical or moral tone: We are dedicated to the achievement of equality for all. Consecrate, even in nonreligious contexts, clearly implies a powerful and sacred dedication: consecrated to the service of humanity.
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Years of using Bill Plaschke’s notoriously incorrect Super Bowl predictions for betting guidance has led me to believe that Bill owes me, as well as his many devoted readers, a significant debt.

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His legacy is of course in the music, and any interpreter of that legacy has to be sharp and devoted to it.

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With the hit single “California Girls,” Wilson began shifting his approach to the group’s music precipitously, devoting inordinate effort to constructing the song’s introduction.

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James Joyce’s "Ulysses" rained em dashes on winding sentences that he had already stripped of quotation marks, resulting in prose so unruly that numerous reading groups are devoted specifically to parsing it.

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Long-term investment in transport infrastructure is clearly central to Labour's plan for "national renewal", so a good chunk of the chancellor's speech was devoted to various upgrades.

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