give, pay, devote
(verb) dedicate; “give thought to”; “give priority to”; “pay attention to”
give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote
(verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; “She committed herself to the work of God”; “give one’s talents to a good cause”; “consecrate your life to the church”
devote
(verb) set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; “this land was devoted to mining”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
devote (third-person singular simple present devotes, present participle devoting, simple past and past participle devoted)
to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter
to consign over; to doom
to execrate; to curse
• Often used in the past participle form, which has become an adjective. See devoted.
devote (comparative more devote, superlative most devote)
(obsolete) devoted; addicted; devout
• vetoed
Source: Wiktionary
De*vote", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Devoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Devoting.] Etym: [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.
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.
De*vote", a. Etym: [L. devotus, p. p.]
Definition: Devoted; addicted; devout. [Obs.] Milton.
De*vote", n.
Definition: A devotee. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
