devote

Speech parts

1. devote - Noun

2. devote - Adjective

3. devote - Verb

Meaning

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.

Devoted; addicted; devout.

A devotee.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

consecrate dedicate give apply commit focus pay concentrate assign set aside pledge bestow consign cleave present
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Antonyms

fact accept waste exclude despair conceal
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Hypernyms

use reserve think apply employ utilize

Hyponyms

consecrate apply vow rededicate

Phrases with the word

devote oneself to devote special attention to devote serious effort devote oneself devote sustained effort devote more attention to

Derivatives

devoted devoting

Anagrams

vetoed

Examples

She committed herself to the work of God Source: Internet

give one's talents to a good cause Source: Internet

consecrate your life to the church Source: Internet

give thought to Source: Internet

give priority to Source: Internet

pay attention to Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

DeVoss devotary devotchka devote more attention to devote oneself devote oneself to