Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Devoted by one's self; also, characterized by self-devotion.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Devoted in person, or by one's own will.

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Examples

  • Hast thou plunged thy house in calamity, and will no worthier wish occur to thee, than to leave it to its sorrows and distress, with the aggravating pangs of causing thy afflicting, however blamable self-desertion? of coming to thee ... perhaps even now! ... with mild forgiveness, and finding thee a self-devoted corpse?

    Camilla 2008

  • Broken hearted over these letters, Camilla spent her time in their perpetual perusal, in wiping from them her tears, and pressing with fond anguish to her lips the signature of her hapless sister, self-beguiled by her own credulous goodness, and self-devoted by her conscientious scruples.

    Camilla 2008

  • His loss is indeed a perilous blow to our enterprise; for who remains behind possessing his far-fetched experience, his self-devoted zeal, his consummate wisdom, and his undaunted courage!

    The Abbot 2008

  • I thought that rending the bloody veil from my horrible fate could make thy proud heart stoop to the discipline of the church, I could find in my heart to tell thee a tale, which I have hitherto kept gnawing at my vitals in concealment, like the self-devoted youth of heathenesse.

    The Talisman 2008

  • The Imperial eyes were filled with tears; and I am not ashamed to confess, that amid the terror of the moment, the Empress, and I myself, forgot our rank in paying a similar tribute to these bold and self-devoted men.

    Count Robert of Paris 2008

  • It was a gallant and extraordinary deed — All men spoke of it — all men, even those who most condemned the habits and crimes of this self-devoted man, praised the heroism of his friendship.

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

  • When the generous and self-devoted man suffers, there comes Pity; the basis of the sublime is then above the water, and the poet, with or without the gods, can elevate it above the skies.

    Uncollected Prose 2006

  • Oh, Frankenstein! generous and self-devoted being! what does it avail that I now ask thee to pardon me?

    Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004

  • Oh, Frankenstein! generous and self-devoted being! what does it avail that I now ask thee to pardon me?

    Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004

  • Oh, Frankenstein! generous and self-devoted being! what does it avail that I now ask thee to pardon me?

    Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004

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