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DEVOTE, L., 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 .

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, a. Devoted.

DEVOTE, n. A devotee.

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Entry for 'Devote'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​d/devote.html.
 
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