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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Devote

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Devote

DEVOTE, verb transitive [Latin , to vow.]

1. To appropriate by vow; to set apart ro dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate.

No devoted thing that a man shall devote to the Lord--shall be sold or redeemed. Every thing devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. Leviticus 27:28.

2. To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention wholly or chiefly; to attach; as, to devote ones self to science; to devote ourselves to our friends, or to their interest or pleasure.

3. To give up; to resign; as, aliens were devoted to rapine; the city was devoted to the flames.

4. To doom; to consign over; as, to devote one to destruction.

5. To execrate; to doom to evil.

DEVOTE, adjective Devoted.

DEVOTE, noun A devotee.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Devoted

DEVOTED, participle passive Appropriated by vow; solemnly set apart or dedicated; consecrated; addicted; given up; doomed; consigned.


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Devotedness

DEVOTEDNESS, noun The state of being devoted or given; addictedness; as devotedness to religion.


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Devotee

DEVOTEE, noun One who is wholly devoted; particularly, one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.


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Devotement

DEVOTEMENT, noun

1. Devotedness; devotion.

2. Vowed dedication.


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Devoter

DEVOTER, noun One that devotes; also, a worshiper.


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