devoted

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   zealous in devotion or affection

   a devoted husband and father

2. 2
   adj

   Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.

   He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."

3. 3
   adj

   Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.

   Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.

4. 4
   adj

   Cursed; doomed.

   The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […]

5. 5
   adj

   (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use

6. 6
   verb

   simple past and past participle of devote

7. 7
   adj

   Zealous; characterized by devotion.

Etymology

From devote + -ed.