| devote | (verb) dedicate | Synonyms: give, pay |
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| (verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause | Synonyms: commit, consecrate, dedicate, give |
| (verb) set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use | - |
| devoted | (adjective) (followed by `to') dedicated exclusively to a purpose or use | - |
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| (adjective) zealous in devotion or affection | - |
| devotedly | (adverb) with devotion | - |
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| devotedness | (noun) feelings of ardent love | Synonyms: devotion |
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| devotee | (noun) an ardent follower and admirer | Synonyms: buff, fan, lover |
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| devotion | (noun) (usually plural) religious observance or prayers (usually spoken silently) | - |
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| (noun) commitment to some purpose | - |
| (noun) religious zeal; the willingness to serve God | Synonyms: cultism, veneration |
| (noun) feelings of ardent love | Synonyms: devotedness |
| devotional | (adjective) relating to worship | - |
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| (noun) a short religious service | - |
| divot | (noun) a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club) | - |
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| (noun) (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke | - |
| gavotte | (noun) an old formal French dance in quadruple time | - |
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| (noun) music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte | - |
| outvote | (verb) defeat by a majority of votes | - |
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| ovotestis | (noun) hermaphroditic gonad that contains both testicular and ovarian tissue | - |
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| pivot | (noun) the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot | - |
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| (noun) axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns | Synonyms: pin |
| (noun) the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver | Synonyms: pivot man |
| (verb) turn on a pivot | Synonyms: swivel |
| pivotal | (adjective) being of crucial importance | Synonyms: polar |
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| upvote | (noun) A positive vote on a social media website | - |
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| (verb) To vote positively on a social media website | - |
| valvotomy | (noun) incision into a stenosed cardiac valve to relieve the obstruction | Synonyms: valvulotomy |
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| votary | (noun) one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service | - |
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| (noun) a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult | - |
| (noun) a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity | - |
| vote | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: ballot, balloting, voting |
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| (noun) the opinion of a group as determined by voting | - |
| (noun) a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment | Synonyms: right to vote, suffrage |
| (noun) the total number of voters who participated | Synonyms: voter turnout |
| (noun) a body of voters who have the same interests | - |
| (verb) be guided by in voting | - |
| (verb) express one's choice or preference by vote | - |
| (verb) express a choice or opinion | - |
| (verb) bring into existence or make available by vote | - |
| (verb) express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote | - |
| voteless | (adjective) deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote | Synonyms: disenfranchised, disfranchised, voiceless |
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| voter | (noun) a citizen who has a legal right to vote | Synonyms: elector |
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| voting | (noun) a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative | Synonyms: ballot, balloting, vote |
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| votive | (adjective) dedicated in fulfillment of a vow | - |
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