De·vote v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Devoting.]
 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.
    Thy servant who is devoted to thy fear.   --Ps. cxix. 38.
    They devoted themselves unto all wickedness.   --Grew.
    A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to the purpose of climbing.   --Gray.
 Syn: -- To addict; apply; dedicate; consecrate; resign; destine; doom; consign. See Addict.