Devoting and Dedicated
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Devote.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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
- Open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building.
- usage: "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes"
- synonyms: dedicate
- Inscribe or address by way of compliment.
- usage: "She dedicated her book to her parents"
- synonyms: dedicate
- Set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church.
- synonyms: dedicate
adjective
- Devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose. "a dedicated dancer"; "dedicated teachers"; "dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal- A. Lincoln
- Solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose.
- usage: "a life consecrated to science"; "the consecrated chapel"; "a chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II"
- synonyms: consecrated, consecrate
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(imp.&p.p.) of Dedicate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary