Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to devote
Participle: devoted
Gerund: devoting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | devote |
| you | devote |
| he;she;it | devotes |
| we | devote |
| you | devote |
| they | devote |
Perfect
| I | have devoted |
| you | have devoted |
| he;she;it | has devoted |
| we | have devoted |
| you | have devoted |
| they | have devoted |
Past
| I | devoted |
| you | devoted |
| he;she;it | devoted |
| we | devoted |
| you | devoted |
| they | devoted |
Pluperfect
| I | had devoted |
| you | had devoted |
| he;she;it | had devoted |
| we | had devoted |
| you | had devoted |
| they | had devoted |
Future
| I | will devote |
| you | will devote |
| he;she;it | will devote |
| we | will devote |
| you | will devote |
| they | will devote |
Future Perfect
| I | will have devoted |
| you | will have devoted |
| he;she;it | will have devoted |
| we | will have devoted |
| you | will have devoted |
| they | will have devoted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | devote |
| you | devote |
| he;she;it | devote |
| we | devote |
| you | devote |
| they | devote |
Perfect
| I | have devoted |
| you | have devoted |
| he;she;it | have devoted |
| we | have devoted |
| you | have devoted |
| they | have devoted |
Imperfect
| I | devoted |
| you | devoted |
| he;she;it | devoted |
| we | devoted |
| you | devoted |
| they | devoted |
Pluperfect
| I | had devoted |
| you | had devoted |
| he;she;it | had devoted |
| we | had devoted |
| you | had devoted |
| they | had devoted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would devote |
| you | would devote |
| he;she;it | would devote |
| we | would devote |
| you | would devote |
| they | would devote |
Perfect
| I | would have devoted |
| you | would have devoted |
| he;she;it | would have devoted |
| we | would have devoted |
| you | would have devoted |
| they | would have devoted |
Imperative
| you | devote |
| we | Let's devote |
| you | devote |
Verbs conjugated like 'devote'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'devote'
demote,
denote,
devove,
revote,
bedote,
benote,
debate,
debone,
decode,
decoke,
Additional Information
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēvōtus, past participle of Latin dēvoveō (“dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”). Doublet of devow; see also devout. Displaced native Middle English ēstful, from Old English ēstful. See: Latin '
dēvoveō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] a testator 's existence; and relations and friends (some of whom have been bred up distinctly to inherit a large share of the property, and have been, from their cradles, specially disqualified from devoting themselves to any useful pursuit, on that account ) are so often and so unexpectedly and summarily cut off, and reinstated, and cut off again, that the whole family, down to the remotest cousin, is [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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There is the House of Industry. In that branch of it, which is devoted to the reception of old or otherwise helpless paupers, these words are painted on the walls: ‘WORTHY OF NOTICE. SELF-GOVERNMENT, QUIETUDE, AND PEACE, ARE BLESSINGS. ’ It is not assumed and taken [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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CHAPTER IV AN AMERICAN RAILROAD. LOWELL AND ITS FACTORY SYSTEM BEFORE leaving Boston, I devoted one day to an excursion to Lowell. I assign a separate chapter to this visit; not because I am about to describe it at any great length, but because I remember it as a thing by itself, and am [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The interval, after breakfast, we devoted to riding through the town, which is regular and cheerful: the streets being laid out at right angles, and planted with young trees. The buildings are smoky and blackened, from the use of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] disturbs me; and a strange hand about me would drive me absolutely frantic. If Mammy felt the interest in me she ought to, she'd wake easier,—of course, she would. I 've heard of people who had such devoted servants, but it never was _my_ luck; ” and Marie sighed.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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They eat and drink together, after the Spartan model, at a great public table. There is no union of the sexes, and every Shaker, male and female, is devoted to a life of celibacy. Rumour has been busy upon this theme, but here again I must refer to the lady of the store, and say, that if many of the sister Shakers resemble her, I treat all such slander [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] owe this change to Republican Slavery. These are the weapons of Freedom. With sharp points and edges such as these, Liberty in America hews and hacks her slaves; or, failing that pursuit, her sons devote them to a better use, and turn them on each other. ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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CHAPTER XXXVII Liberty “ No matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery, the moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the God sink together in the dust, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] was George's study. The same zeal for self-improvement, which led him to steal the much coveted arts of reading and writing, amid all the toil and discouragements of his early life, still led him to devote all his leisure time to self-cultivation.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)