Devote

What do we mean by devote?

To give or apply (one's time, attention, or self, for example) entirely to a particular activity, pursuit, cause, or person. transitive verb

To set apart for a specific purpose or use. transitive verb

Devoted; devout.

A devotee. noun

To appropriate by or as if by vow; set apart or dedicate by a solemn act or with firm intention; consecrate.

To doom; consign to some harm or evil; doom to destruction: used absolutely, to curse or execrate.

To addict or surrender, as to an occupation or a pursuit; give or yield up; direct in action or thought.

Synonyms Devote, Dedicate, Consecrate, Hallow, destine, set apart. In dedicate and the cognate words devote, devout, etc., the root idea is always that of a complete mental consecration; thus, devotion (def. 2) is the consecration of the entire mind to God and his worship; and a devout (def. 1) spirit is one entirely absorbed in the worship or service of God. To devote indicates the inward act, state, or feeling; to dedicate is to set apart by a promise, and indicates primarily an external act; to consecrate is to make sacred, and refers to an act affecting the use or relations of the thing consecrated; to hallow is to make holy, and relates to the character of the person or thing hallowed. Thus, we devote ourselves by an act of the mind; we dedicate our lives or property by a more formal act; we consecrate to sacred uses a building not before sacred; and we hallow the name of God, recognizing in it its inherent holy character.

A devotee. noun

Devoted; addicted; devout. adjective

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. transitive verb

To execrate; to curse. transitive verb

To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun transitive verb

To give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter. verb

Set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use verb

Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause verb

Dedicate verb

To give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter

To consign over; to doom

To execrate; to curse

Words that are spelled similarly to devote:
devote, denote, devotee, demote, devore, devove, revote, devoto, devoe, devoti, devot, devone, devonte.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word devote:
energies, himself, herself, myself, exclusively, entirely, torah, attention, themselves, painting, resources, writing, prayer, missionary, literary, passion, life, composition, teaching, fully, literature, raising, interests, study, spiritual, duties, efforts, journalism, effort, energy, studying, considerable.

Words that rhyme with devote:
note, boat, coat, promote, anecdote, float, quote, denote, goat, remote, rote, throat, vote, antidote, gloat, tote, mote, wrote, haute, dote, moat, cote, connote, scapegoat, afloat, keynote, smote, bloat, oat, asymptote, choate, stoat, footnote, groat, demote, creosote, petticoat, shoat, cutthroat, turncoat, roat, showboat, overcoat, scoat, capote, stote, raincoat, hote, tugboat, sailboat, redcoat, banknote, rowboat, blote, frote, lifeboat, shote, motorboat, steamboat, billy goat, sore throat, grote, kote, unquote, undercoat, gunboat, speedboat, sloat, clote, houseboat, gravy boat, mountain goat, troat, riverboat, right to vote, trench coat, flote, towboat, promissory note, pote, powerboat, take note, ferryboat, outvote, misquote, bacote, underwrote, blue note, flatboat, root beer float, grace note, vogt, strep throat, sproat, fur coat, bank note, musical note, rewrote, frock coat, banana boat.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective devote:
time, epistelen.

Consonant match to devote:
divet, divot, divert, devout, davit, devitt, davitt, dave et, dive it, dove et, duve et.

Words that sound like devote:
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