[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to give up or appropriate to or concentrate on a particular pursuit, occupation, purpose, cause, etc.:to devote one's time to reading.Synonyms: consign , apply , assign", "to appropriate by or as if by a vow; set apart or dedicate by a solemn or formal act; consecrate:She devoted her life to God.", "to commit to evil or destruction; doom."]}]