devote

See also: dévote

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈvəʊt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊt

Verb

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.

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

devote (comparative more devote, superlative most devote)

  1. (obsolete) Devoted; addicted; devout.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

devote

  1. Inflected form of devoot

German

Adjective

devote

  1. inflected form of devot

Italian

Adjective

devote

  1. feminine plural of devoto

Noun

devote f

  1. plural of devota

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

dēvote

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēvotus

References

  • 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
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