Dedicate vs. Devote
Dedicate and Devote Definitions
Dedicate
To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
Devote
To give or apply (one's time, attention, or self, for example) entirely to a particular activity, pursuit, cause, or person.
Dedicate
To set apart for a special use
Dedicated their money to scientific research.
Devote
To set apart for a specific purpose or use
Land devoted to mining.
Dedicate
To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
Dedicated ourselves to starting our own business.
Devote
To give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter
They devoted their lives to following Jesus Christ.
I devoted this afternoon to repainting my study, and nothing will get in my way.
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Dedicate
To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
Devote
To consign over; to doom
To devote one to destruction
The city was devoted to the flames.
Dedicate
To open (a building, for example) to public use.
Devote
To execrate; to curse
Dedicate
To show to the public for the first time
Dedicate a monument.
Devote
(obsolete) devoted; addicted; devout
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Dedicate
(transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
Devote
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.
Dedicate
(transitive) To set apart for a special use
Dedicated their money to scientific research.
Devote
To execrate; to curse.
Dedicate
(transitive) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
Dedicated ourselves to starting our own business.
Devote
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.
They devoted themselves unto all wickedness.
A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to the purpose of climbing.
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Dedicate
(transitive) To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
Devote
Devoted; addicted; devout.
Dedicate
(transitive) To open (a building, for example) to public use.
Devote
A devotee.
Dedicate
(transitive) To show to the public for the first time
Dedicate a monument.
Devote
Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;
She committed herself to the work of God
Give one's talents to a good cause
Consecrate your life to the church
Dedicate
(obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
Devote
Dedicate;
Give thought to
Give priority to
Pay attention to
Dedicate
One who dedicates themself, or who is dedicated, to the service of some leader, religion, etc.
Devote
Set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use;
This land was devoted to mining
Dedicate
Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
Dedicate
To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use.
Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord.
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. . . . But in a larger sense we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground.
Dedicate
To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.
The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself.
Dedicate
To inscribe or address, as to a patron.
He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley.
Dedicate
Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause;
She committed herself to the work of God
Give one's talents to a good cause
Consecrate your life to the church
Dedicate
Open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building;
The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes
Dedicate
Inscribe or address by way of compliment;
She dedicated her book to her parents
Dedicate
Set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
