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English
Etymology
From devote + -ed.
Pronunciation
Verb
devoted
- simple past and past participle of devote
Adjective
devoted (comparative more devoted, superlative most devoted)
- Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
- Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.
Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.
- Zealous; characterized by devotion.
- (obsolete) Cursed; doomed.
1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford, published 2010, page 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, “First Landing of Columbus in the New World”, in A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. , volume I, New York, N.Y.: G. & C. Carvill, , →OCLC, book IV, page 151:The feelings of the crew now burst forth in the most extravagant transports. 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.
Derived terms
Translations
vowed; dedicated; consecrated
zealous; characterized by devotion
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