All devote synonyms
de·vote
D d verb devote
- give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- dedicate — If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
- give away — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- allot — If something is allotted to someone, it is given to them as their share.
- apply — If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- donate — to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause: to donate used clothes to the Salvation Army.
- assign — If you assign a piece of work to someone, you give them the work to do.
- present — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- consign — To consign something or someone to a place where they will be forgotten about, or to an unpleasant situation or place, means to put them there.
- pledge — a solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something: a pledge of aid; a pledge not to wage war.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- apportion — When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given.
- confide — If you confide in someone, you tell them a secret.
- vow — a solemn promise, pledge, or personal commitment: marriage vows; a vow of secrecy.
- appropriate — Something that is appropriate is suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
- bless — When someone such as a priest blesses people or things, he asks for God's favour and protection for them.
- bestow — To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them.
- consecrate — When a building, place, or object is consecrated, it is officially declared to be holy. When a person is consecrated, they are officially declared to be a bishop.
- hallow — to make holy; sanctify; consecrate.
- reserve — to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
- offer — to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- allocate — If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- thoughts — the product of mental activity; that which one thinks: a body of thought.
- hand out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- set apart — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.