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devoting
We have found lemma(root) word of devoting : devote.
Definitions
[dɪˈvəʊt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- give all or most of one's time or resources to (a person or activity)
(e.g: I wanted to devote more time to my family)
- invoke or pronounce a curse upon
(e.g: the hostile army was devoted with dire execrations to the gods of war)
Phrases:
Origin
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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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