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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To transfer from one person to another; to deliver over; to hand down; -- generally with <i>upon</i>, sometimes with <i>to</i> or <i>into</i>.</def>

<blockquote>They <b>devolved</b> a considerable share of their power upon their favorite. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They <b>devolved</b> their whole authority into the hands of the council of sixty. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Devolve</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>De*volve"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To pass by transmission or succession; to be handed over or down; -- generally with <i>on</i> or <i>upon</i>, sometimes with <i>to</i> or <i>into</i>; <as>as, after the general fell, the command <ex>devolved</ex> upon (or on) the next officer in rank</as>.</def>

<blockquote>His estate . . . <b>devolved</b> to Lord Somerville. <i>Johnson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Devolvement</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>De*volve"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of devolving;; devolution.</def>

<h1>Devon</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>De"von</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of a breed of hardy cattle originating in the country of Devon, England. Those of pure blood have a deep red color. The small, longhorned variety, called <i>North Devons</i>, is distinguished by the superiority of its working oxen.</def>

<h1>Devonian</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>De*vo"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; <as>as, the <ex>Devonian</ex> rocks, period, or system</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Devonian age</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>the age next older than the Carboniferous and later than the Silurian; -- called also the <altname>Age of fishes</altname>. The various strata of this age compose the <i>Devonian formation<i> or <i>system<i>, and include the old red sandstone of Great Britain. They contain, besides plants and numerous invertebrates, the bony portions of many large and remarkable fishes of extinct groups. See the Diagram under <er>Geology</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Devonian</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>De*vo"ni*an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The Devonian age or formation.</def>

<h1>Devoration</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>Dev`o*ra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>devoratio</ets>. See <er>Devour</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of devouring.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holinshed.</i>

<h1>Devotary</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>De*vo"ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Devote</er>, <er>Votary</er>.]</ety> <def>A votary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>J. Gregory.</i>

<h1>Devote</h1> <Xpage=403>

<hw>De*vote"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Devoted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Devoting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>devotus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>devovere</ets>; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>vovere</ets> to vow. See <er>Vow</er>, and cf. <er>Devout</er>, <er>Devow</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To appropriate by vow; to set apart or dedicate by a solemn act; to consecrate; also, to consign over; to doom; to evil; to <i>devote</i> one to destruction; the city was <i>devoted</i> to the flames.</def>

<blockquote>No <b>devoted</b> thing that a man shall <b>devote</b> unto the Lord . . . shall be sold or redeemed. <i>Lev. xxvii. 28.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To execrate; to curse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To give up wholly; to addict; to direct the attention of wholly or compound; to attach; -- often with a reflexive pronoun; <as>as, to <ex>devote</ex> one's self to science, to one's friends, to piety, etc.</as></def>

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