devote
/dɪˈvəʊt/ · de·vot
verb
- To give one's time, focus one's efforts, or commit oneself entirely to a particular activity or cause. She devoted the weekend to studying for her exams, refusing all distractions.
- To consign or surrender something to a particular fate, often disastrous. The abandoned warehouse was devoted to the flames after the fire broke out.
- To execrate or curse. In the ancient text, the priest vowed to devote the traitor to the gods.
adjective
- Devoted; addicted; devout. He was a devote follower of the philosophy, never missing a single lecture.
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Did you know? The legal phrase “devoted to the flames” dates back to medieval English statutes that condemned buildings set on fire as being ‘devoted’ to destruction.