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English Dictionary: devoted	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
devoted adj zealous in devotion or affection; "a devoted husband and father"; "devoted friends" (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use; "large sums devoted to the care of the poor"; "a life devoted to poetry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devoted \Devot"ed\, a. Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted* admirer. -- {Devot"edly}, adv. -- {Devot"edness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Devote \Devote"\, 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.