DEVOTE
\dɪvˈə͡ʊt], \dɪvˈəʊt], \d_ɪ_v_ˈəʊ_t]\
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dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to"
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set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining"
By Princeton University
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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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To execrate; to curse.
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Devoted; addicted; devout.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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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To execrate; to curse.
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Devoted; addicted; devout.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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To set apart; dedicate; consecrate.
By James Champlin Fernald
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