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Webster 1913 Edition
Devoted
De-vot′ed
,Adj.
Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout;
– as, a
. devoted
admirerDe-vot′ed-ly
, adv.
De-vot′ed-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Devoted
DEVOTED
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Definition 2024
devoted
devoted
English
Verb
devoted
- simple past tense and past participle of devote
Adjective
devoted (comparative more devoted, superlative most devoted)
- Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
- Zealous; characterized by devotion.
- (obsolete) Cursed; doomed.
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1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 31:
- The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […].
- 1828, Washington Irving, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, book 1:
- They had recently considered themselves devoted men, hurrying forwards to destruction; they now looked upon themselves as favorites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy.
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1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 31:
Translations
Vowed; dedicated; consecrated
Zealous; characterized by devotion