Devote /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Devoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Devoting

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.

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.

   They devoted themselves unto all wickedness.

   A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to the purpose of climbing.

1. Devoted; addicted; devout. [Obs.]

1. A devotee. [Obs.]