Devote synonyms and antonyms

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dedicate
To show to the public for the first time
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commit
To order a person’s placement in, or to send a person to, a hospital, mental health facility, prison, or similar institution, especially pursuant to court order.
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misappropriate (antonym)
To appropriate wrongly:
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bend
To make submit or give in
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consecrate
To make venerable; hallow:
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give
(May take two objects) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
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bless (related)
To think (oneself) happy; congratulate (oneself)
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address
To apply (oneself) or direct (one's energies) to something
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ally
The definition of ally is to join another in a mutually beneficial relationship.
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apply
To be appropriate, suitable, or relevant
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appropriate
The definition of appropriate is to put aside or take something for one's self or some other specific person.
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attach
To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
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bestow
To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present something to someone as a gift or honour.
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depute
To deputize (someone), to appoint as deputy.
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destine
To direct toward a given destination:
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direct
To give commands or directions.
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entrust
To entrust is defined as to assign responsibility for something to someone or to put your faith and trust in someone.
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pledge
To promise to join (a fraternity or similar organization).
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resign
To give up or hand over (something to someone); to relinquish ownership of. [from 14th c.]
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venerate
To treat with great respect and deference.
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vow
To declare publicly that one has made a vow, usually to show one's determination or to announce an act of retaliation.
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misuse (antonym)
To treat badly or harshly; abuse
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waste (antonym)
To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
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hallow
Alternative spelling of hollow.
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buckle down
(Idiomatic) To put forth the needed effort; to focus; become serious; apply oneself (e.g. to work or study).
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concentrate
To collect or focus (one's thoughts, efforts, etc.)
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focus
To bring into focus
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turn
To give a rounded form to:
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collect (related)
(Now rare) To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare gather, get.)
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work (related)
(Nautical) To strain in heavy seas so that the joints give slightly and the fastenings become slack. Used of a boat or ship.
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pay
To give or offer (a compliment, respects, attention, etc.)
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contribute (related)
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taken-up-with (related)
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relate (related)
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confine (related)
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Devote Sentence Examples

  • The foundress-queen is now waited on by the workers, who supply her with food and spare her all cares of work, so that henceforth she may devote her whole energies to egg-laying.

  • The latter resolved to devote the rest of his life to the emancipation of the Jews.

  • I would be a damn fool not to devote everything I own in support of this.

  • They devote all of their time and energy to it.

  • This office, however, he soon relinquished, to devote himself entirely to literary work.

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