Definition of devote

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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..

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Devout :: Devout (v. t.) Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious.
Dedicate :: Dedicate (v. t.) To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use..
Literator :: Literator (n.) A person devoted to the study of literary trifles, esp. trifles belonging to the literature of a former age..
Religious :: Religious (n.) A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun..
Haunt :: Haunt (v. t.) To practice; to devote one's self to.
Convent :: Convent (v. i.) An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.
Addict :: Addict (v. t.) To apply habitually; to devote; to habituate; -- with to.
Stufa :: Study (v. t.) To make an object of study; to aim at sedulously; to devote one's thoughts to; as, to study the welfare of others; to study variety in composition..
Studious :: Studious (a.) Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar..
Devote :: 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..
Redemptorist :: Redemptorist (n.) One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth..
Devote :: Devote (n.) A devotee.
Sacred :: Sacred (a.) Solemnly devoted, in a bad sense, as to evil, vengeance, curse, or the like; accursed; baleful..
Consecrator :: Consecrator (n.) One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes.
Votary :: Votary (a.) Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
Baalite :: Baalite (n.) A worshiper of Baal; a devotee of any false religion; an idolater.
Musical :: Musical (a.) Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons..
Assidean :: Assidean (n.) One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans..
Bordello :: Bordello (n.) A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution.
Specialist :: Specialist (n.) One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc..
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