4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devoted \De*vot"ed\, a.
Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout;
as, a devoted admirer. -- {De*vot"ed*ly}, adv. --
{De*vot"ed*ness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devote \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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
devoted
adj 1: zealous in devotion or affection; "a devoted husband and
father"; "devoted friends"
2: (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or
use; "large sums devoted to the care of the poor"; "a life
devoted to poetry" [syn: {devoted(p)}]
From eng-fra [engfra]:
devoted
[divoutid]
affectueux, attaché, dévoué
affectueux, attaché, dévoué