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Verb: devote  di'vowt
  1. Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
    - give, dedicate, consecrate, commit
     
  2. Dedicate
    - give, pay
     
  3. Set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use
    "this land was devoted to mining"

Derived forms: devoted, devotes, devoting

See also: devotee, devotion

Type of: apply, cerebrate, cogitate, employ, reserve, think, use, utilise [Brit], utilize