Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Feeling or displaying strong affection or attachment; ardent.
- adjective Having been consecrated; dedicated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Set apart; given up, especially to some harm or evil; doomed.
- Ardent; zealous; assiduous; strongly attached or addicted: as, a devoted friend; a devoted student of philosophy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Vowed ;dedicated ;consecrated . - adjective
Zealous ; characterized bydevotion . - adjective obsolete
cursed ;doomed . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
devote .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective zealous in devotion or affection
- adjective (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use
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Examples
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Sir Victor had been most devoted, "_most devoted_" said Trix, in italics, "that is, for him.
A Terrible Secret May Agnes Fleming 1860
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The word devoted here is the Greek word philadelphia.
Living on the Edge Chip Ingram 2009
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And there's not a word devoted to discussing the hatefulness
Crooks and Liars David Neiwert 2011
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The album is produced by Tommy Krasker, the co-founder of PS Classics, the label devoted to theatre music and the American popular song.
Playbill.com : News 2010
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Additional performers singing on the new album of songs by composer Sam Davis have been announced by PS Classics, the label devoted to theatre music and American popular song.
Playbill.com : News 2010
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Additional performers singing on the new album of songs by composer Sam Davis have been announced by PS Classics, the label devoted to theatre music and American popular song.
Playbill.com : News 2010
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Classics, the label devoted to American popular song, releases the new solo discs of three Broadway leading ladies - Kate Baldwin, Liz Callaway and Rebecca Luker - on its website Oct. 6.
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Classics, the label devoted to American popular song, releases the new solo discs of three Broadway leading ladies - Kate Baldwin, Liz Callaway and Rebecca Luker - on its website Oct. 6.
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For more about PS Classics, the label devoted to show music and the legacy of the American popular song, visit psclassics. com.
Playbill.com : News 2009
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By contrast, the Miracles Club named after a halfway house for recovering addicts in Portland record for Ecstasy Records, a new label devoted to the quarter-century-old house sound of Chicago.
minerva commented on the word devoted
Think not of corresponding with a wretch who now seems absolutely devoted! How can it be otherwise, if a parent's curses have the weight I always attributed to them...
Clarissa Harlowe to Anna Howe, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
December 10, 2007