devote

DEVOTE, verb transitive [Latin , to vow.]1. To appropriate by vow; to set apart ro dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate.No devoted thing that a man shall devote to the Lord--shall be sold or redeemed. Every thing devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. Leviticus 27:28.2. To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention wholly or chiefly; to attach; as, to devote ones self to science; to devote ourselves to our friends, or to their interest or pleasure.3. To give up; to resign; as, aliens were devoted to rapine; the city was devoted to the flames.4. To doom; to consign over; as, to devote one to destruction.5. To execrate; to doom to evil.DEVOTE, adjective Devoted.DEVOTE, noun A devotee