Devote and Try

Devote

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

Try and devote are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead a verb "Devote".

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

Try

Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.

Devote and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devote" instead a verb "Try".

Nearby Words: tried, trying

Common collocations

power devote power try power
life devote life try life
control devote control try control
rest devote rest try rest
Other words: time, money, lives.

Both words in one sentence

  • Jude meets Sue privately to try to convince her to return, but finds that she blames her children's fate on her and Jude's sins and means to devote the rest of her life to religious penance.
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