Word Meaning

devote definition and meaning

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

Crossword clues for devote

- Dedicate