self-devotedadj.

1630 B. Goodall Tryall Trauell iii. sig. L3 When Lo. the sottish cinicke selfe deuoted..Sits in his tubb.

1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 405 A person self-devoted, upon whom and his associats, by executing justice, both our Rulers, and the whole Land, may..consecrate themselves unto the Lord.

1713 J. Addison Cato iv. 53 For him the self-devoted Decii dy'd.

1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. ix. 455 Finding thee a self-devoted corpse?—not fallen indeed, by the profane hand of daring suicide, but equally self-murdered through wilful self-neglect.

1815 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 227 And forth I leapt upon the sandy plain; A self-devoted Chief.

1817 Lady Morgan France (1818) I. ii. 260 Self-devoted patriotism.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert iv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 133 These bold and self-devoted men.

1926 Folk-lore 37 91 A self-devoted warrior or disciple who was beheaded in battle or before an altar of the goddess was consecrated to her by the manner of his death.

1947 Q. Jrnl. Econ. 61 618 The Bank of the United States was a self-devoted sacrifice, costly and spectacular but not otherwise unique.

1793 T. R. Bentley Let. to Rt. Hon. Charles James Fox 39 An extreme ardour and energy in the cause for which they are engaged, a self-devotedness in its favour.

1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 477/1 Heroic self-devotedness and true Christian martyrdom.

1930 Irish Monthly May 241 As an act of self-devotedness to a cause, it far surpasses the much-belauded exploit of Cortes in ordering his ships to be burnt after his landing at Vera Cruz.