1.  devote(v = verb.communication) commit, consecrate, dedicate, give - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "consecrate your life to the church"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "She committed herself to the work of God"
Derived form noun devotee₁, noun devotion₂, noun devotion₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s something to somebody

2.  devote(v = verb.cognition) give, pay - dedicate; "give priority to"; "give thought to"; "pay attention to"
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s something to somebody

3.  devote(v = verb.possession) - set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining"
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

devote, v.tr. & refl.
1 (foll. by to) apply or give over (resources etc. or oneself) to (a particular activity or purpose or person) (devoted their time to reading; devoted himself to his guests).
2 archaic doom to destruction.

Derivative:
devotement n.

Etymology:
L devovere devot- (as DE-, vovere vow)

VB  lie under a necessity, befated, be doomed, be destined, in for, under the necessity of, have no choice, have no alternative, be one's fate, to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corne, to be unable to help, destine, doom, foredoom, devote, predestine, preordain, cast a spell, necessitate, compel.

VB  use, make use of, employ, put to use, put in action, put in operation, put in practice, set in motion, set to work, ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate, play, play off, exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to, take up with, take advantage of, lay one's hands on, try, render useful, mold, turn to account, turn to use, convert to use, utilize, work up, call into play, bring into play, put into requisition, call forth, draw forth, press into service, enlist into the service, bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit, dispose of, make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of, fall back upon, make a shift with, make the most of, make the best of, use up, swallow up, consume, absorb, expend, tax, task, wear, put to task.