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Meaning of devoveo | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[deːˈwɔ.we.oː]

Definitions

  1. to vow, offer; promise; devote, dedicate
    conjugation-2, transitive
  2. to mark out, appoint, destine
    conjugation-2, transitive
  3. (poetic) to bewitch, curse (by devoting to the infernal gods)
    conjugation-2, transitive

Equivalents

Català consagrar
Čeština zasvětit
Dansk hellige vie
Ελληνικά αφιερώνω
English dedicate devote
Français consacrer dévote dévote vouer
Gaeilge tabhair
Gàidhlig coisrig
Galego consagrar
עברית הקדיש
Հայերեն նվիրել
Italiano devote
日本語 凝る
Latina addīcō
Nederlands toewijden wijden
Português devotar
Svenska agna hänge
ไทย อุทิศ
Türkçe adamak

Examples

“Spectandus in certāmine Mārtiō dēvōta mortī pectora līberae quantīs fatīgāret ruīnīs […]”

In the contests of Mars he was a sight, the breasts vowed to a free death he shook with so many shocks […]

“Nunc, quō Battiadēs inimīcum dēvovet Ībin,”

Now, with that metre by which Callimachus curses his enemy Ibis, I curse you and your family.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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