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Definition of Devote |
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Devote
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. To execrate; to curse. 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. Devoted; addicted; devout. A devotee. Related Definitions: Act, Addict, Addicted, Also, Apart, Appropriate, As, Attach, Attention, By, City, Compound, Consecrate, Consign, Curse, Dedicate, Destruction, Devote, Devoted, Devotee, Devout, Direct, Doom, Execrate, Evil, Give, Of, Often, One, Or, Over, Piety, Pronoun, Reflexive, Science, Self, Set, Solemn, The, To, Up, Vow, Was, Wholly, With |
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Devote Quotations
Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole Life to reading my works. James Joyce I didn't devote my life to acting. I give a lot to my work, but my life has always been more important. Catherine Deneuve The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. Mitch Albom |
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Devote Translations
devote in Afrikaans is spandeer devote in Dutch is spanderen, opdragen, spenderen devote in French is adonnent, adonner, adonnons, adonnez, consacrer devote in German is hingeben, widmen devote in Italian is cedere devote in Latin is confero devote in Norwegian is vie devote in Spanish is consagrar |
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