devote
verbEtymology
Borrowed from Latin dēvōtus, past participle of Latin dēvoveō (“dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”). Doublet of devow; see also devout. Displaced native Middle English ēstful, from Old English ēstful.
- borrowed from dēvōtus
Definitions
to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a…
to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter; to consecrate.
- They devoted their lives to following Jesus Christ.
- I devoted this afternoon to repainting my study, and nothing will get in my way.
- He is the Chief of this far Countrey; and to his service, carnal and wicked men devote themselves.
to consign over
to consign over; to doom
- to devote one to destruction
- The city was devoted to the flames.
to execrate
to execrate; to curse
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devoted
devoted; addicted; devout
- A world devote to universal wrack
The neighborhood
- neighbordevotee
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at devote. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at devote. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at devote
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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