Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Feeling or displaying strong affection or attachment; ardent: a devoted friend.
- adj. Having been consecrated; dedicated.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Set apart; given up, especially to some harm or evil; doomed.
- Ardent; zealous; assiduous; strongly attached or addicted: as, a devoted friend; a devoted student of philosophy.
Wiktionary
- adj. Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
- adj. Zealous; characterized by devotion.
- adj. Consigned to evil or destruction; cursed; doomed.
- v. Past tense and past participle of devote.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. zealous in devotion or affection
- adj. (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use
Examples
“Sir Victor had been most devoted, "_most devoted_" said Trix, in italics, "that is, for him.”
“The word devoted here is the Greek word philadelphia.”
“And there's not a word devoted to discussing the hatefulness”
“The album is produced by Tommy Krasker, the co-founder of PS Classics, the label devoted to theatre music and the American popular song.”
“Additional performers singing on the new album of songs by composer Sam Davis have been announced by PS Classics, the label devoted to theatre music and American popular song.”
“For more about PS Classics, the label devoted to show music and the legacy of the American popular song, visit psclassics. com.”
“Classics, the label devoted to American popular song, releases the new solo discs of three Broadway leading ladies - Kate Baldwin, Liz Callaway and Rebecca Luker - on its website Oct. 6.”
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“By contrast, the Miracles Club named after a halfway house for recovering addicts in Portland record for Ecstasy Records, a new label devoted to the quarter-century-old house sound of Chicago.”
“That is what I call devoted friendship, to recommend to another one whom you would not marry yourself.”
“More About Michael Maglaras: Michael Maglaras is an independent businessman, filmmaker, classically-trained musician, and founder of 217 Records in Ashford, Connecticut - a label devoted to celebrating the American artistic experience through recordings of American poetry as well as alternative rock and jazz.”
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minerva Think not of corresponding with a wretch who now seems absolutely devoted! How can it be otherwise, if a parent's curses have the weight I always attributed to them...
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