De*vote" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Devoted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Devoting.] [L. devotus, p. p. of devovere;
de + vovere to vow. See Vow, and cf.
Devout, Devow.] 1. 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.
No devoted thing that a man shall devote
unto the Lord . . . shall be sold or redeemed.
Lev.
xxvii. 28.
2. To execrate; to curse. [Obs.]
3. 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. 38.
They devoted themselves unto all
wickedness.
Grew.
A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to
the purpose of climbing.
Gray.
Syn. -- To addict; apply; dedicate; consecrate; resign;
destine; doom; consign. See Addict.
De*vote" (?), a. [L. devotus, p.
p.] Devoted; addicted; devout. [Obs.] Milton.
De*vote", n. A devotee.
[Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
