Australian English Meaning of devote
devote
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Definitions and Meaning of devote in English
devote (v)
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
dedicate
set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use
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.
devote (a.)
Devoted; addicted; devout.
devote (n.)
A devotee.
FAQs About the word devote
devote
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause, dedicate, set aside or apart for a specific purpose or useTo appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicat
dedicate,allocate,give up (on),save,set apart,set by,apply,blessing,commit,confide
neglect,misapply,misuse
devotary => devout, devoration => devotion, devonshire cream => Devonshire cream, devonshire => Devonshire, devonian period => Devonian,
