(uncountable) The act or state of devoting or being devoted. / (uncountable) Feeling of strong or fervent affection; dedication / (uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.

(theology) The chief devil; Satan.

(idiomatic) One who debates from a viewpoint which he or she may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument.

(transitive) To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something). / (transitive) To leave (property) in a will. / (intransitive, archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.

The act of leaving real property in a will. / Such a will, or a clause in such a will. / The real property left in such a will. / Design, devising.

causing devastation

present participle of devastate

Characterized by deviation from an expectation or a social standard.

A person who deviates, especially from norms of social behavior. / A thing, phenomenon, or trend that deviates from an expectation or pattern.

A large black European rove beetle, Staphylinus olens or Ocypus olens.