devote etc.

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Cosmos
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devote etc.

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Hello, teacher!

Are these verbs all acceptable?
- He devoted/dedicated/committed/applied himself to find evidence against the theory of evolution.

Thank you very much.
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Provided you change 'find' to 'finding', all would be acceptable.
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