Etymology

From devote +‎ -edCategory:English terms suffixed with -ed#DEVOTED.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈvəʊtəd/Category:English 3-syllable words#DEVOTEDCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DEVOTED

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Verb

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1. simple past and past participle of devote

Adjective

devoted (comparative more devoted, superlative most devoted)Category:English lemmas#DEVOTEDCategory:English adjectives#DEVOTEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DEVOTEDCategory:Pages with entries#DEVOTEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DEVOTED

1. Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
   • 1952 July, W. R. Watson, “Sankey Viaduct and Embankment”, in Railway Magazine, page 487:

     He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."

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2. Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.

   Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.Category:English terms with usage examples#DEVOTED

3. Zealous; characterized by devotion.
4. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#DEVOTED) 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 […]

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   • 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.

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