Definition of devote

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Devote (v. t.) 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..

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Devote :: Devote (v. t.) To execrate; to curse.
Redemptionist :: Redemptionist (n.) A monk of an order founded in 1197; -- so called because the order was especially devoted to the redemption of Christians held in captivity by the Mohammedans. Called also Trinitarian.
Busket :: Busket (n.) A part of a garden devoted to shrubs.
Devote :: Devote (a.) Devoted; addicted; devout.
Laborious :: Laborious (a.) Devoted to labor; diligent; industrious; as, a laborious mechanic..
Bigot :: Bigot (n.) A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion..
Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) Hence, to destroy, surrender, or suffer to be lost, for the sake of obtaining something; to give up in favor of a higher or more imperative object or duty; to devote, with loss or suffering..
Farmer :: Farmer (n.) One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.
Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (n.) A devotee of Bacchus; one who indulges in drunken revels; one who is noisy and riotous when intoxicated; a carouser.
Devotee :: Devotee (n.) One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot..
Apolaustic :: Apolaustic (a.) Devoted to enjoyment.
Devotion :: Devotion (n.) Act of devotedness or devoutness; manifestation of strong attachment; act of worship; prayer.
Sacrifice :: Sacrifice (n.) Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest..
Worldly-minded :: Worldly-minded (a.) Devoted to worldly interests; mindful of the affairs of the present life, and forgetful of those of the future; loving and pursuing this world's goods, to the exclusion of piety and attention to spiritual concerns..
Devotement :: Devotement (n.) The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow..
Sectist :: Sectist (n.) One devoted to a sect; a soetary.
Tithe :: Tithe (n.) A tenth; the tenth part of anything; specifically, the tenthpart of the increase arising from the profits of land and stock, allotted to the clergy for their support, as in England, or devoted to religious or charitable uses. Almost all the tithes of England and Wales are commuted by law into rent charges..
Pilgrim :: Pilgrim (n.) One who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee; as, a pilgrim to Loretto; Canterbury pilgrims. See Palmer..
Convent :: Convent (v. i.) An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.
Consecrate :: Consecrate (a.) Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
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