devote, dedicate, consecrate, hallow mean to set apart for a special and often higher end. devote is likely to imply compelling motives and often attachment to an objective.

DEVOTE definition: to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc.. See examples of devote used in a sentence.

If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it. He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation.

1. to give up or apply to a particular pursuit, purpose, cause, etc.: to devote one's time to study. 2. to set apart or dedicate by a solemn or formal act; consecrate: to devote one's life to God.

(Definition of devote something to something/someone from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Devote, dedicate, consecrate share the sense of assigning or applying someone or something to an activity, function, or end. Devote, though it has some overtones of religious dedication, is the most …

They devote [= dedicate] an hour every day to worship. She plans to devote part of her vacation to reading. Some of the money they raise will be devoted to repairing the church's roof.