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(1):

(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.

(2):

(a.) Devoted; addicted; devout.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(n.) A devotee.

(5):

(v. t.) To execrate; to curse.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Devote'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/devote.html. 1828.
 
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