Webster's Dictionary 1828

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DEVOCATION

DEVOCATION, noun [Latin] A calling away; seduction. [Not in use.]

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DEVOID

DEVOID, adjective [See Void.]1. Void; empty; vacant; applied to place.2. Destitute; not possessing; as devoid of understanding.3. Free from; as devoid of fear or shame.

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DEVOIR

DEVOIR, noun [Latin, to owe.] Primarily, service or duty. Hence, an act of civility or respect; respectful notice due to another; as, we paid our devoirs to the queen, or to the...

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DEVOLUTION

DEVOLUTION, noun [Latin]1. The act of rolling down; as the devolution of earth into a valley.2. Removal from one person to another; a passing or falling upon a successor.

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DEVOLVE

DEVOLVE, verb transitive devolv. [Latin, to roll.]1. To roll down; to pour or flow with windings.Through splendid kingdoms he devolves his maze.2. To move from one person to ano...

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DEVOLVED

DEVOLVED, participle passive Rolled down; passed over to another.

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DEVOLVING

DEVOLVING, participle present tense Rolling down; falling to a successor.

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DEVOTARY

DEVOTARY, noun A votary. [Not in use.]

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DEVOTE

DEVOTE, verb transitive [Latin, to vow.]1. To appropriate by vow; to set apart ro dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate.No devoted thing that a man shall devote to the Lord--s...

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DEVOTED

DEVOTED, participle passive Appropriated by vow; solemnly set apart or dedicated; consecrated; addicted; given up; doomed; consigned.

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DEVOTEDNESS

DEVOTEDNESS, noun The state of being devoted or given; addictedness; as devotedness to religion.

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DEVOTEE

DEVOTEE, noun One who is wholly devoted; particularly, one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot.

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DEVOTEMENT

DEVOTEMENT, noun1. Devotedness; devotion.2. Vowed dedication.

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DEVOTER

DEVOTER, noun One that devotes; also, a worshiper.

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DEVOTING

DEVOTING, participle present tense Giving or appropriating by vow; solemnly setting apart or dedicating; consecrating; giving wholly; addicting; dooming; consigning.

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DEVOTION

DEVOTION, noun1. The state of being dedicated, consecrated, or solemnly set apart for a particular purpose.2. A solemn attention to the Supreme Being in worship; a yielding of t...

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DEVOTIONAL

DEVOTIONAL, adjective1. Pertaining to devotion; used in devotion; as a devotional posture; devotional exercises.2. Suited to devotion; as a devotional frame of mind.

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DEVOTIONALIST

DEVOTIONALIST, DEVOTIONIST, noun A person given to devotion; or one superstitiously or formally devout.

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DEVOTIONIST

DEVOTIONALIST, DEVOTIONIST noun A person given to devotion; or one superstitiously or formally devout.

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DEVOTO

DEVOTO, noun A devotee. [Not in use.]

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DEVOTOR

DEVOTOR, noun One who reverences or worships.

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DEVOUR

DEVOUR, verb transitive [Latin, to eat.]1. To eat up; to eat with greediness; to eat ravenously, as a beast of prey, or as a hungry man.We will say, some evil beast hath devoure...

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DEVOURED

DEVOURED, participle passive Eaten; swallowed with greediness; consumed; destroyed; wasted; slain.

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DEVOURER

DEVOURER, noun One who devours; he or that which eats, consumes or destroys; he that preys on.

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DEVOURING

DEVOURING, participle present tense Eating greedily; consuming; wasting; destroying; annihilating.

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DEVOURINGLY

DEVOURINGLY, adverb In a devouring manner.

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DEVOUT

DEVOUT, adjective [Latin See Devote.]1. Yielding a solemn and reverential attention to God in religious exercises, particularly in prayer.We must be constant and devout in the w...