Dedicates or commits oneself fully to something; the present-tense form with singular subjects.
Third-person singular of 'devote,' from Latin 'devovere' (to vow or dedicate). Adding -s indicates present tense with he, she, it, or singular nouns.
When someone 'devotes themselves to science,' they're literally making a vow—the Latin root 'devovere' originally meant to vow something completely to a god or cause.
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