Devoted
adj, verb ·3 syllables ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of devote form-of, participle, past
- 1 Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
"He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure.""
- 2 Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.
"Bob and Sara are devoted to their children."
- 3 Zealous; characterized by devotion.
- 4 Cursed; doomed. obsolete
"The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […]"
- 1 (followed by ‘to’) dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use wordnet
- 2 zealous in devotion or affection wordnet
Example
More examples"All of us devoted ourselves to the development of our country."
Etymology
From devote + -ed.
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