DEVOTING
Verb
devoting
present participle of devote
Source: Wiktionary
DEVOTE
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