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   devote

   /dɪˈvəʊt/

   verb

   • 1. give all or most of one's time or resources to (a person or activity): "I wanted to devote more time to my family"
   • ▪ use a certain amount of space or time to cover (a topic): "a full page is devoted to each ski run"
   • 2. invoke or pronounce a curse upon: archaic "the hostile army was devoted with dire execrations to the gods of war"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘dedicate formally, consecrate’): from Latin devot- ‘consecrated’, from the verb devovere, from de- ‘formally’ + vovere ‘to vow’.

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