devoted

Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.

Adjective

  1. Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
    • 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...
  2. Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.
    • Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.
  3. Zealous; characterized by devotion.
  4. Cursed; doomed.
    • The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […] - 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner,...
    • 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...

Origin

Etymology tree English devote English -ed English devoted From devote + -ed.

Forms

more devoted most devoted

Derived

devotedly devotedness overdevoted self-devoted undevoted

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of devote