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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• devote:
    1. I. To consecrate:
      1. 1. dēvŏveo, vōvi, vōtum, 2: to d. the most beautiful thing to Diana, Dianae pulcherrimum d., Cic.
      2. 2. dĭco, 1: v. to dedicate.
      3. 3. sacro, consecro, 1: v. to consecrate.
      4. 4. ăddīco, dixi, dictum, 3: all the lands he d.d to the goddess, agros omnes Deae addixit, Vell.
    2. II. To doom:
      1. 1. dēvŏveo, 2: to d. oneself for the republic's sake, se pro republica d., Cic.: Liv.
      2. 2. vŏveo, 2: to d. their own lives for the safety of their country, sua capita pro salute patriae v., Cic.
      3. 3. destĭno, 1: to d. any one to death, aliquem ad mortem (morti) d., Liv.: v. to doom.
      4. 4. consecro, 1: by this blood I d. you to destruction, te tuumque caput hoc sanguine c., Liv.
    3. III. To give up:
      1. 1. dēdo, dĭdi, dĭtum: to which we should entirely d. ourselves, cui nos totos d. debemus, Cic.: I d. myself to letters, litteris me dedo, Cic.
      2. 2. confĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3: to d. all one's time to doing something, omne tempus ad aliquid (faciendum) c., Cic.: to d. the spoils of war to the decoration of the city, praedas in urbis ornamenta c., Cic.: v. to bestow.
      3. 3. impendo, di, sum, 3: to d. two years to the composition of books, biennium libris componendis im., Quint.: Tac.
      4. 4. applĭco, 1: v. to apply (oneself).
      5. 5. dēvŏveo, 2 (v. rare in this sense): Curt.
      6. 6. stŭdeo, ui, 2 (intrans.: to d. oneself: with dat.): to d. oneself to increasing one's patrimony, patrimonio augendo st., Cic.: to d. oneself to letters, literis st., Cic.
      7. 7. incumbo, cŭbui, cŭbĭtum, 3 (lit., to lean upon; hence put forth an effort: with ad, in. and acc.; also dat.): to d. one's efforts to manning a fleet, ad parandam classem in., Hirt.: Cic.: he d.d himself to proposing laws, legibus rogandis incubuit, Flor.: to d. oneself to a cause, in causam in., Cic.: Caes.: to this point let the orator d. himself, huc incumbat orator, Quint.: also with ut and subj.: Appius d.d himself to getting them to appoint him consul, Appius incubuit ut se consulem dicerent, Liv.
      8. 8. inservio, 4 (with dat.: to d. oneself with earnestness and effort): to d. oneself to an art, arti ins., Cic.
      9. 9. dēservio, 4 (intens. of preceding): to d. oneself to good men, bonis viris d., Cic. Phr.: to d. oneself to speaking with all possible zeal, ad dicendum studio omni niti, Cic.