| 单词 | self-devoting | 
| 释义 | † self-devotingn. Obsolete. rare.   Devotion of oneself or one's life to a person or cause; self-devotion; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > 			[noun]		 > willingness to sacrifice oneself > self-sacrifice self-sacrifice1535 self-devotion1612 self-sacrificing1621 self-devoting1668 self-giving1668 self-devotement1780 self-devotedness1793 1668    J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous viii. 129  				That yielding is subjection, self-devoting. 1682    J. Howe Self-ded. 82  				Solemn personal self-devoting. 1904    N.Z. Herald 16 July Suppl. 8/3  				They [sc. tragedies] enhalo Life in each and every phase of it,..in its brutal selfishnesses no less than in its divine self-devotings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2018). self-devotingadj. Now rare.   Involving or characterized by self-devotion; self-devoted. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > 			[adjective]		 > self-sacrificing devotive1608 self-devoted1630 self-givinga1631 self-sacrificing1654 self-devoting1668 self-surrendering1668 self-devotional1837 self-sacrificial1842 sacrificial1890 1668    T. Jacombe Ὅσιος Ἐγκαíνισμος  i. iii. 61  				There shall be always some self-devoting souls to God. 1682    J. Howe Self-ded. 105  				This self-devoting disposition. 1832    G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 171  				The self-devoting prowess of Arnold von Winkelried. 1872    ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. lviii. 304  				Expressing all states of mind..from the completest self-devoting fellowship to the most neutral aloofness. 1932    Sewanee Rev. 40 196  				Whatever is not rooted and grounded in a Christlike spirit of self-devoting love is valueless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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