dedicated
adjective
wholly committed to something, as to an ideal, political cause, or personal goal.
self-dedicated
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a word derived from
dedicated.
Example Sentences
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Ample time was before me for the pilgrimage to which I was self-dedicated already—my pilgrimage to the shadow of Saint Paul's.
From The Two Destinies by Wilkie Collins
Hence the conceit, which was that of a soul secretly self-dedicated.
From The Lion's Share by Arnold Bennett
He had become a peripatetic automaton self-dedicated to nocturnal perambulation.
From Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Cheney Train
Then with a profound sigh he tore up his half-finished sonnet, "To Eve in Paradise," and began another self-dedicated, "To Adam in Hades."
From Glories of Spain by Charles W. (William) Wood
We have seen John Milton leave Cambridge, self-dedicated "to that same lot, however mean or high, to which time leads me and the will of Heaven."
From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by John Richard Green
