devote
devote is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. To execrate; to curse. [Obs.]
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- activity
- adventure
- anvil
- apprentice
- begin
- beginning
- betake
- break
- broach
- business
- compact
- contract
- determination
- embark
- emprise
- engage
- engagement
- enterprise
- execution
- fall
- fire
- first
- foot
- for
- forth
- forward
- hand
- have
- here
- institute
- into
- launch
- lay
- many
- matter
- move
- neck
- oneself
- originate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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