devote
v.v. to give a lot of your time, effort, or money to a specific person, activity, or purpose. You use this when you focus on one thing because you care about it deeply.
v. to commit or designate time, effort, or resources to a particular cause, activity, or person. Transitive; frequently used in the passive voice or with reflexive pronouns.
She plans to devote her weekends to learning how to paint.
The charity decided to devote all its remaining funds to building a new community center for local youth.
Scholars often devote their entire careers to the study of a single historical period, seeking to uncover nuances that generalist historians might overlook.
Borrowed from Latin dēvōtus, past participle of Latin dēvoveō (“dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”). Doublet of devow; see also devout. Displaced native Middle English ēstful, from Old English ēstful.
The verb is transitive and requires the preposition 'to' followed by a noun or gerund.
He devoted his life to help othersHe devoted his life to helping othersThe preposition 'to' in this construction must be followed by a noun or a gerund (-ing form), not an infinitive.