devotar

A rare, archaic verb in the same family as devoto (devout) and devoción (devotion), historically meaning to devote or dedicate oneself to something with religious or moral fervor. It doesn't have a standalone modern dictionary entry the way devoto and devoción do; contemporary Spanish almost always uses dedicar or consagrar instead.

• Los textos antiguos usan devotar donde hoy diríamos consagrar o dedicar. — Old texts use devotar where today we'd say consagrar or dedicar.
• Devotó su vida entera a la orden religiosa, según la crónica. — He devoted his entire life to the religious order, according to the chronicle.
• Es un verbo que prácticamente solo aparece en estudios sobre la familia de devoto y devoción. — It's a verb that practically only appears in studies of the devoto/devoción word family.

Using devotar in modern Spanish to mean "to devote" — a contemporary speaker would say dedicar or consagrar; devotar reads as archaic or simply unfamiliar.

Often confused with dedicar.