Devoted \De*vot"ed\, a.
Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout;
as, a devoted admirer. --
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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.
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No devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the
Lord . . . shall be sold or redeemed. --Lev. xxvii.
28.
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2. To execrate; to curse. [Obs.]
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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.
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Thy servant who is devoted to thy fear. --Ps. cxix.
38.
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They devoted themselves unto all wickedness. --Grew.
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A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to the
purpose of climbing. --Gray.
Syn: To addict; apply; dedicate; consecrate; resign; destine;
doom; consign. See Addict.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
204 Moby Thesaurus words for "devoted":
Christian, Christianlike, Christianly, abandoned, absorbed,
absorbed in, acquiescent, active, adoring, affectionate, afire,
altruistic, appointed, ardent, beatified, believing, blessed,
bound, bound and determined, buried in, burning, canonized, caring,
caught up in, committed, compliant, complying, conforming,
conjugal, conscientious, consecrated, consistent, constant,
contemplating, contemplative, cultish, cultist, cultistic, dear,
decided, decisive, dedicated, definite, demonstrative, destined,
determined, devoted to, devout, disinterested, doomed, doting,
duteous, dutiful, earnest, engaged, engrossed, engrossed in,
enthusiastic, faithful, fast, fatal, fated, fateful, fervent,
fervid, fiery, filial, firm, flaming, fond, foredoomed, hallowed,
hearty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, humble, husbandly, immersed in,
impassioned, in earnest, in store, in the cards, inevitable,
intense, intent, intent on, involved, languishing, law-abiding,
lost in, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, loyal,
marble-constant, marked, maternal, meditating, meditative, melting,
meticulous, mindful, modest, monomaniacal, monopolized, obedient,
observant, obsessed, obstinate, occupied, on fire, ordained,
parental, passionate, paternal, perfervid, persevering, persistent,
pietistic, pious, practicing, prayerful, preoccupied, punctilious,
punctual, purposeful, red-hot, regardful, relentless, religious,
resolute, resolved, reverent, reverential, romantic, sacrificing,
sainted, saintly, sanctified, scrupulous, self-abasing,
self-abnegating, self-abnegatory, self-denying, self-devoted,
self-effacing, self-forgetful, self-immolating, self-neglectful,
self-neglecting, self-renouncing, self-sacrificing,
self-unconscious, selfless, sentimental, serious, set apart,
sincere, single-minded, soft, solemn, spirited, stable, staunch,
steadfast, steady, studious, studying, submerged in, submissive,
swept up, taken up with, tenacious, tender, tested, theistic,
thoughtful, totally absorbed, tried, tried and true, true,
true-blue, unacquisitive, unfailing, unpossessive, unpretentious,
unselfish, unsparing of self, uxorious, vehement, venerational,
venerative, warm, white-hot, wholehearted, wifely, willing,
worshipful, wrapped in, wrapped up in, written, zealous
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
devoted(p)
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