Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
F. dévotion, L. devotio,
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
L. devovēre, devōtum—de, a way, and vovēre, to vow.
In literature:
Lamartine now loved a young woman devotedly, but she died, to his excessive grief.
"Paris: With Pen and Pencil" by David W. Bartlett
Then Debendra, as a devoted worshipper, sat down to perform the rites.
"The Poison Tree" by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
During our stay he was always with us, a devoted attendant and servant.
"The Land of the Black Mountain" by Reginald Wyon
The good man then devoted his unlooked-for fortune to philanthropies in concert with Judge Popinot.
"Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z" by Anatole Cerfberr and Jules François Christophe
She was inclined to measure the extent of his devotion by that test.
"The Helpmate" by May Sinclair
For the former, a small portion should be selected from the more practical and devotional parts of the Bible.
"A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females" by Harvey Newcomb
He changed devotion to kings into devotion to his country.
"History of the Girondists, Volume I" by Alphonse de Lamartine
Every minute was spent in promoting happiness by devotion, recreation or charity.
"Lady Rosamond's Secret" by Rebecca Agatha Armour
Its origin and age bestow on this devotion a great dignity.
"The Excellence of the Rosary" by M. J. Frings
Mrs. Liddell sent no glance in his direction; she again devoted her attention to Kirby.
"A Crooked Path" by Mrs. Alexander
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In poetry:
One thought, all other thoughts above,
Shall guide me wheresoe'er I rove,
Shall all my soul's devotion move,
The blessed thought that "God is Love!"
"God Is Love" by Alfred Gibbs Campbell
Second Jew.
May He, to whose blest use they were devoted,
Preserve them from pollution; and once more,
In his own gracious time, restore the temple!
"Belshazzar. A Sacred Drama" by Hannah More
For Thou, though great, art gracious, Lord!
And when Devotion tunes her song,
The hallowed thought, the humble word,
To Thee upsoar, to Thee belong.
"Humble Worship" by John Bowring
'Tis he who treads in virtue's ways,
'Tis he who does what's just and right,
'Tis he whom falsehood ne'er betrays—
Truth his devotion and delight.
"Virtue its own Reward" by John Bowring
Oh, since you have sought me, Lord, for this,
And given your only child to me,
My life devoted to yours and his,
Whilst I am living, will always be.
"Lalila, To The Ferengi Lover" by Laurence Hope
"To pray? Oh yes, and on his knees
May-hap to find a lovely being:
Devotions so devout as these
Are best at night, with no one seeing,
Among the trees."
"Kadisha; Or, The First Jealousy" by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
In news:
But then, not every cat owner is as devoted as Barry Simowitz was to Wanda June, the brown- and-white beauty with whom he shared the last five years.
The whole show was devoted to cooking with it.
GERMAN prince of the 18th century devotes his life to the creation of imaginary cities.
The first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday fired up so many readers about the upcoming Nov 6 presidential election that we devoted most of the page to their letters today.
She loved being an educator and was a devoted Christian.
It is entirely devoted to putting people to work.
For many of the best of them, it takes a sacrificial devotion to the church to pass up the riches offered by the popular music business.
The group's goal, according to its website, “is to win the heart and soul of America for Mary by spreading Our Lady's Fatima message and promoting devotion to her immaculate heart.”.
Former South Kitsap soccer coach Eric Bergeson left coaching last season to devote more time to his teaching duties and his family.
In the early 1860s, Hermann von Helmholtz, one of the founders of psychology, briefly devoted himself to understanding the perception of sound and music.
If you are devoted enough, do-it-yourself alcohol won't break the bank.
He said over the last 10 years, he has devoted his time to hypnosis and using it to help people better themselves.
Details of faces—7th century fresco devotional fresco (The Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology).
A popular blog devoted to photographic lighting tips.
Faster Loading and Less CPU and Memory Usage In this latest version of TaskPower we devoted a majority of our development time in optimizing the code to enhance performance.
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In science:
Section 4 devotes to determining all modules of the intermediate series over the generalized Virasoro algebras, see Theorem 4.6.
Generalized Virasoro and Super-Virasoro Algebras and Modules of the Intermediate Series
He is devoted to his students, has a wonderful sense of humor, and is truly a pleasure to work with.
Random Surfaces
The remainder of this section is devoted to the proof of Theorem 8.6.1 and the definition of the cluster swapping map R required by the theorem.
Random Surfaces
This section is devoted to the exceptional case that E = Z, u ∈ U , and every minimal gradient phase of slope u is smooth.
Random Surfaces
Section III is devoted to the RPA excitations, introducing the quasiboson approximation and discussing the RPA spurious mode connected with a global rotation when the electrons are localized in 2-, 6- and 12-electron dots.
Symmetry breaking and the random-phase approximation in small quantum dots
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