Devote and Spare

Devote

Devote verb - To keep or intend for a special purpose.

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Spare and devote are semantically related. in set aside topic. In some cases you can use "Spare" instead a verb "Devote".

Nearby Words: devotion, devotedly, devotee, devotional, devoting

Spare verb - To use or give out in stingy amounts.

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Devote and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devote" instead a verb "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

thought	devote thought	spare thought
effort	devote effort	spare effort
life	devote life	spare life
family	devote family	spare family
Other words: rest, resources, space, lives.

In the Forgotten Realms setting, Alusair, a princess of Cormyr, decided that everything may go far and fast but she would devote to her adventures (in different senses) all the time she could spare.

Source: Rebellious Princess
Great generals devote their spare time to philosophy, wondering what it all means.

Source: Warrior Poet
Given that he fights primarily by instinct and thinks so quickly that fights may as well be playing in dramatically slow motion, his upper thought processes have a lot of spare cycles to devote to a running commentary.

Source: Casual Danger Dialog

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