dévotement (dé-vot-mān), adv., devoutly, piously.
dévotieu-x, -se (-ci-), adj., devout.
dévotion, n.f., devotion, piety, religion; godliness; disposal, service, command; devoutness; devotedness. Faire ses —s; to perform one’s devotions; to receive the sacrament. Tout ce qu’il a est à ma —; all he has is at my disposal. Il n’est de — que de jeune prêtre; new brooms sweep clean.
dévouement (dé-voo-mān), n.m., devotion, devotedness; self-sacrifice; attachment; zeal.
dévouer, v.a., to devote; to dedicate; to consecrate; to consign. Il lui est entièrement dévoué; he is entirely devoted to him. — quelqu’un au mépris; to consign any one to contempt. Votre bien, votre tout dévoué; yours most truly or sincerely.
se dévouer, v.r., to devote one’s self, to dedicate one’s self. Se — à la patrie; to sacrifice one’s self to one’s country.
dévoyé, n. adj., misled; stray sheep; wanderer from the fold.
dévoyer, v.a., to mislead, to lead astray; (arch.) to place obliquely; to cause a looseness (in the bowels).
se dévoyer, v.r., ☉to lose one’s way; (arch.) to be placed obliquely; (rel.) to go astray.
dextérité, n.f., dexterity, adroitness, cleverness, skill.