Devoted and Devote

verb

• Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
  • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote
• Dedicate.
  • usage: "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to"
  • synonyms: give, pay, devote
• Set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use.
  • usage: "this land was devoted to mining"
  • synonyms: devote

adjective

• Zealous in devotion or affection.
  • usage: "a devoted husband and father"; "devoted friends"
• Followed by `to'. ( dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use)
  • usage: "large sums devoted to the care of the poor"; "a life devoted to poetry"

• (imp.&p.p.) of Devote.
• (a.) Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer.

verb

• Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
  • usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
  • synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit
• Dedicate.
  • usage: "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to"
  • synonyms: give, pay
• Set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use.
  • usage: "this land was devoted to mining"

• (a.) Devoted; addicted; devout.
• (v.t.) 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.
• (v.t.) To execrate; to curse.
• (n.) A devotee.
• (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.