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n. [ See Devote, Votary. ] A votary. [ Obs. ] J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Devoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Devoting. ] [ L. devotus, p. p. of devovere; de + vovere to vow. See Vow, and cf. Devout, Devow. ] 1. To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to devote one to destruction; the city was devoted to the flames. [ 1913 Webster ]

No devoted thing that a man shall devote unto the Lord . . . shall be sold or redeemed. Lev. xxvii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To execrate; to curse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; as, to devote one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy servant who is devoted to thy fear. Ps. cxix. 38. [ 1913 Webster ]

They devoted themselves unto all wickedness. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

A leafless and simple branch . . . devoted to the purpose of climbing. Gray.

Syn. -- To addict; apply; dedicate; consecrate; resign; destine; doom; consign. See Addict. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. devotus, p. p. ] Devoted; addicted; devout. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A devotee. [ Obs. ] Sir E. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consecrated to a purpose; strongly attached; zealous; devout; as, a devoted admirer. -- De*vot"ed*ly, adv. -- De*vot"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is wholly devoted; esp., one given wholly to religion; one who is superstitiously given to religious duties and ceremonies; a bigot. [ 1913 Webster ]

While Father Le Blanc was very devout he was not a devotee. A. S. Hardy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being devoted, or set apart by a vow. [ R. ] Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who devotes; a worshiper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. dévotion, L. devotio. ] 1. The act of devoting; consecration. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Genius animated by a fervent spirit of devotion. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Act of devotedness or devoutness; manifestation of strong attachment; act of worship; prayer. “The love of public devotion.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Disposal; power of disposal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They are entirely at our devotion, and may be turned backward and forward, as we please. Godwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A thing consecrated; an object of devotion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Churches and altars, priests and all devotions,
Tumbled together into rude chaos. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Days of devotion. See under Day.

Syn. -- Consecration; devoutness; religiousness; piety; attachment; devotedness; ardor; earnestness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. devotionalis. ] Pertaining to, suited to, or used in, devotion; as, a devotional posture; devotional exercises; a devotional frame of mind.

n. The practice of a devotionalist. A. H. Clough. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a devotional manner; toward devotion. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One given to devotion, esp. to excessive formal devotion. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] A devotee. Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] A worshiper; one given to devotion. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel. [ Scot. ] Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Golf) a small piece of turf gouged out of the ground by the head of a golf club when making a stroke; as, all divots should be replaced. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Ex-votos [ L. ex out of, in accordance with + voto, abl. of votum a vow. ] An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gavotte, fr. Gavots, a people inhabiting a mountainous district in France, called Gap. ] (Mus.) A kind of difficult, old formal French dance in quadruple time. [ wns=1 ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte, having a dance tune which has two brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over. [ wns=2 ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. indevotus: cf. F. indévot. Cf. Indevout. ] Not devoted. [ Obs. ] Bentley. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. indevotio: cf. F. indévotion. ] Lack of devotion; impiety; irreligion. “An age of indevotion.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mistaken devotion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exceed in the number of votes given; to defeat by votes. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To outvote; to outnumber in votes given. [ R. ] Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Ovum, and Testis. ] (Zool.) An organ which produces both ova and spermatozoids; an hermaphrodite gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; prob. akin to It. piva pipe, F. pipe. See Pipe. ] 1. A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The end of a shaft or arbor which rests and turns in a support; as, the pivot of an arbor in a watch. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, figuratively: A turning point or condition; that on which important results depend; as, the pivot of an enterprise. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place whike the company or line moves around him in wheeling; -- called also pivot man. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pivot bridge, a form of drawbridge in which one span, called the pivot span, turns about a central vertical axis. --
Pivot gun, a gun mounted on a pivot or revolving carriage, so as to turn in any direction. --
Pivot tooth (Dentistry), an artificial crown attached to the root of a natural tooth by a pin or peg. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pivoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Pivoting. ] To place on a pivot. Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Political Science) A system of voting, as at primaries, in which the voters are allowed to indicate on their ballots their preference (usually their first and second choices) between two or more candidates for an office, so that if no candidate receives a majority of first choices the one receiving the greatest number of first and second choices together in nominated or elected. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Devoted in person, or by one's own will. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Self-devotion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of devoting one's self, or the state of being self-devoted; willingness to sacrifice one's own advantage or happiness for the sake of others; self-sacrifice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Absence or want of devotion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + vote. ] To reverse or annul by vote, as a former vote. [ R. ] Bp, Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Votary, n. ] A woman who is a votary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Votary. ] A votary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like a sad votarist in palmer's weed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Votaries One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life. “You are already love's firm votary.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T was coldness of the votary, not the prayer, that was in fault. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

But thou, my votary, weepest thou? Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From L. votus, p. p. vovere to vow, to devote. See Vote, Vow. ] Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised. [ 1913 Webster ]

Votary resolution is made equipollent to custom. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum, to vow: cf. F. vote. See Vow. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [ Obs. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That by means of which will or preference is expressed in elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a ticket; as, a written vote. [ 1913 Webster ]

The freeman casting with unpurchased hand
The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casting vote,
Cumulative vote, etc. See under Casting, Cumulative, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Voted; p. pr. & vb. n. Voting. ] [ Cf. F. voter. ] To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations, etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an interest with others. [ 1913 Webster ]

The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime. L. Beecher. [ 1913 Webster ]

To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires a great amount of information. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To choose by suffrage; to elec&unr_;; as, to vote a candidate into office. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To enact, establish, grant, determine, etc., by a formal vote; as, the legislature voted the resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Parliament voted them one hundred thousand pounds. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To declare by general opinion or common consent, as if by a vote; as, he was voted a bore. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To condemn; to devote; to doom. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who votes; one who has a legal right to vote, or give his suffrage; an elector; a suffragist; as, an independent voter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Vote, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Voting paper, a form of ballot containing the names of more candidates than there are offices to be filled, the voter making a mark against the preferred names. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes a vow. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. votivus, fr. votum a vow: cf. F. votif. See Vow. ] Given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a vow; devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet. “Votive incense.” Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

We reached a votive stone, that bears the name
Of Aloys Reding. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Embellishments of flowers and votive garlands. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Votive medal, a medal struck in grateful commemoration of some auspicious event. --
Votive offering, an offering in fulfillment of a religious vow, as of one's person or property. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Vo"tive*ly, adv. -- Vo"tive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]