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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Devoted \De*vot"ed\, a. Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as a devoted admirer. -- {De*vot"ed*ly}, adv -- {De*vot"ed*ness}, n. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Devote \De*vote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Devoted}; p. pr & vb n. {Devoting}.] [L. devotus p. p. of devovere de + vovere to vow. See {Vow}, and cf {Devout}, {Devow}.] 1. 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. No devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the Lord . . . shall be sold or redeemed. --Lev. xxvii. 28. 2. To execrate; to curse. [Obs.] 3. 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: devoted adj 1: zealous in devotion or affection; "a devoted husband and father"; "devoted friends" 2: (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use "large sums devoted to the care of the poor"; "a life devoted to poetry" [syn: {devoted(p)}]
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