devoted — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.

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   Altri esempi (1)

   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 the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."

2. Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.

   Sinonimi

   devout

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   Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.

3. Zealous; characterized by devotion.

4. Cursed; doomed.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

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   The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […]

   Altri esempi (1)

   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 fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy.

Aggettivo

1. zealous in devotion or affection

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   a devoted husband and father

   devoted friends

2. (followed by ‘to’) dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use

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   large sums devoted to the care of the poor

   a life devoted to poetry