From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Devoted \De*vot"ed\, adjective Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer. -- {De*vot"ed*ly}, adverb -- {De*vot"ed*ness}, noun
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Devote \De*vote"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
No devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the Lord . . . shall be sold or redeemed. --Lev. xxvii. 28.
2. To execrate; to curse. [Obs.]
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.
Thy servant who is devoted to thy fear. --Ps. cxix. 38.
They devoted themselves unto all wickedness. --Grew.
A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to the purpose of climbing. --Gray.
Syn: To addict; apply; dedicate; consecrate; resign; destine; doom; consign. See {Addict}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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)}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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