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devoteverb to keep or intend for a special purposeI conscientiously devote several hours every weekend to playing with my dog allocate, consecrate, dedicate, earmark, give up (to), reserve, save, set by bless, hallow, sanctifycommit, confide, consign, entrust(also intrust)apply, bestow, employ, use set apart, set aside ignore, neglectmisapply, misuse to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attentionplanning a diplomatic career, she's been intensely devoting herself to the study of foreign languages in college address, apply, bend, buckle, give readdress, reapplyknuckle down, set (to), settle (down)busy, commit, concern, engage, involveexert, exhaust, put out, spend, strain, stress, tax, trouble, wear outcarry on, pitch in, plunge (in)grind, hump, hustle, peg (away), plod, plow, plug (away), work get cracking, get one's act together, get with it, turn one's hand(or turn a hand) dally, dawdle, dillydally, fiddle (around), fool around, idle, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle devote, dedicate, consecrate, hallow mean to set apart for a special and often higher end.devote is likely to imply compelling motives and often attachment to an objective.devoted his evenings to study dedicate implies solemn and exclusive devotion to a sacred or serious use or purpose.dedicated her life to medical research consecrate stresses investment with a solemn or sacred quality.consecrate a church to the worship of God hallow, often differing little from dedicate or consecrate, may distinctively imply an attribution of intrinsic sanctity.battlegrounds hallowed by the blood of patriots in 1586 |