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devoted

verb
/dɪˈvəʊtəd/UK

Etymology

From devote + -ed.

  1. derived from dēvoveō — “dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”
  2. borrowed from dēvōtus
  3. suffixed as devoted — “devote + ed”

Definitions

  1. simple past and past participle of devote

  2. Vowed

    Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.

  3. Strongly emotionally attached

    Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.

    • Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Zealous

      Zealous; characterized by devotion.

    2. Cursed

      Cursed; doomed.

      • The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at devoted. 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.

01devoted02consecrated03consecrate04holy05revered06revere07devotion

A definitional loop anchored at devoted. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at devoted

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA