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The state of being devoted; addiction; eager inclination; strong attachment love or affection; zeal; especially, feelings toward God appropriately expressed by acts of worship; devoutness. Genius animated by a fervent spirit of devotion. Macaulay.

A devotee. Dr. J. Scott.

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious. A devout man, and one that feared God. Acts x. 2. We must be constant and devout in the worship of God. Rogers.

To devote. [Obs.] Cowley.

To give up; to devote. [Obs.]

That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects. Beck.

Interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduity in service. That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in; and the best of me is diligence. Shak.

Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman.

Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.

Of, pertaining to, or devoted to, Egyptology.

must employ the sturdy steer To turn the glebe. Dryden. To employ one's self, to apply or devote one's time and attention; to busy one's self.

To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.

One devoted to dainty or luxurious sensual enjoyments, esp. to the luxuries of the table.

; to instance. [Obs.] "I may example my digression by some mighty precedent." Shak. Burke devoted himself to this duty with a fervid assiduity that has not often been exampled, and has never been surpassed. J. Morley.

Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.

One who is devoted to the tillage of the soil; one who cultivates a farm; an agriculturist; a husbandman.

Pertaining to agriculture; devoted to, adapted to, or engaged in, farming; as, farming tools; farming land; a farming community.

Friendly or devoted to such a government; as, the Federal party. see Federalist. Federal Congress. See under Congress.

Any object to which one is excessively devoted.

A part of a French newspaper (usually the bottom of the page), devoted to light literature, criticism, etc.; also, the article or tale itself, thus printed.