What does "devote" mean?

Devote: 2. To execrate; to curse. [Obs.]

Additional senses

  1. 2.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.
  2. 3.They devoted themselves unto all wickedness. Grew. A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to the purpose of climbing. Gray. See Addict.
  3. 4.Devoted; addicted; devout. [Obs.] Milton.
  4. 5.A devotee. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

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