Word Meanings - DEVOTE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: DEVOTE

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. 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. Ps. cxix. 38. They devoted themselves unto all wickedness. Grew. A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to the purpose of climbing. Gray. Syn. -- To addict; apply; dedicate; consecrate; resign; destine; doom; consign. See Addict.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DEVOTE)

• Apply
• Adduce
• use
• employ
• allot
• dedicate
• devote
• exercise
• apportion
• direct
• engage
• Consecrate
• Dedicate
• enshrine
• hallow
• sanctify
• Devote
• consecrate
• offer
• set
• assign
• apply
• separate
• set apart
• Destine
• Purpose
• intend
• design
• doom
• ordain

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DEVOTE)

• Rest
• ease
• disuse
• respite
• relax
• recreate
• Chance
• risk
• hazard
• revoke
• Miscalculate
• venture
• stake

Related words: (words related to DEVOTE)

• ASSIGNEE
  In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors. (more info) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act,
• HALLOW
  To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed
• DIRECT CURRENT
  A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the
• CHANCELLERY
  Chancellorship. Gower.
• HAZARDIZE
  A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser.
• OFFER
  ferre to bear, bring. The English word was influenced by F. offrir to 1. To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up. Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for
• DESIGN
  drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
• DIRECTER
  One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.
• REVOKER
  One who revokes.
• CONSECRATE
  Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred. They were assembled in that consecrate place. Bacon.
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• ALLOTTABLE
  Capable of being allotted.
• PURPOSELESS
  Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
• OFFERER
  One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship. Hooker.
• RELAXANT
  A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.
• VENTURESOME
  Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n.
• INTENDENT
  See N
• ALLOTRIOPHAGY
  A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.
• ORDAINMENT
  Ordination. Burke.
• INTENDIMENT
  Attention; consideration; knowledge; understanding. Spenser.
• UNEMPLOYMENT
  Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.
• DISVENTURE
  A disadventure. Shelton.
• INDEVOTE
  Not devoted. Bentley. Clarendon.
• SADDUCEEISM; SADDUCISM
  The tenets of the Sadducees.
• INSEPARATE
  Not separate; together; united. Shak.
• REENGAGEMENT
  A renewed or repeated engagement.
• DECONSECRATE
  To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. -- De*con`se*cra"tion, n.