Devote
Devote , transitive verb
[Latin devotus, past participle of devovere; de + vovere to vow. See Vow, and compare 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.
2.
To execrate; to curse. [Obsolete]
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.
They devoted themselves unto all wickedness.
A leafless and simple branch... devoted to the purpose of climbing.
Devote , adjective
[Latin devotus, p. p.]
Devoted; addicted; devout. [Obsolete] — Milton
Devote , noun
A devotee. [Obsolete] — Sir E. Sandys