What does "devote" mean?
Devote: 2. To execrate; to curse. [Obs.]
Additional senses
- 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.
- 3.They devoted themselves unto all wickedness. Grew. A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to the purpose of climbing. Gray. See Addict.
- 4.Devoted; addicted; devout. [Obs.] Milton.
- 5.A devotee. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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