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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

Source : WordNet®

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)}]
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