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Definition of Devotes
1. devote [v] - See also: devote
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devotes
Literary usage of Devotes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1875)
"From the foregoing statistics it would appear that each State in the Colombian
Union devotes nearly one-half of its entire revenue to the cause of education ..."
2. The Enthusiasts of Port-Royal by Lilian Rea (1912)
"... OF all the numerous examples of that class of religious phenomena called
devotes, none was more peculiar or characteristic than the Marquise de ..."
3. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
"devotes leisure to painting. — Leaves shop. •— Letter to his brothers on appointments
at Yale. — Letters from Joseph P. Rossiter. ..."
4. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"SOCRATES devotes HIMSELF ENTIRELY TO THE INSTRUCTION OF THE YOUTH OF ATHENS.
He seemed, says Libanius, to be the common father of the republic; so attentive ..."
5. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"Literary genius devotes itself to the drama. learned V George Puttenham, in his
Arte of English Poesie (written about 1585, published in 1589), ..."
6. Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1899)
"... a Large Scale — Abandons the Slave Business and devotes His Time to Cotton-
Raising—Several Times Elected Alderman of Memphis—Outbreak of Hostilities. ..."
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