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com⋅mit

  [kuh-mit] verb, -mit⋅ted, -mit⋅ting.
Use Committed in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to give in trust or charge; consign.
2. to consign for preservation: to commit ideas to writing; to commit a poem to memory.
3. to pledge (oneself) to a position on an issue or question; express (one's intention, feeling, etc.): Asked if he was a candidate, he refused to commit himself.
4. to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance; pledge: to commit oneself to a promise; to be committed to a course of action.
5. to entrust, esp. for safekeeping; commend: to commit one's soul to God.
6. to do; perform; perpetrate: to commit murder; to commit an error.
7. to consign to custody: to commit a delinquent to a reformatory.
8. to place in a mental institution or hospital by or as if by legal authority: He was committed on the certificate of two psychiatrists.
9. to deliver for treatment, disposal, etc.; relegate: to commit a manuscript to the flames.
10. to send into a battle: The commander has committed all his troops to the front lines.
11. Parliamentary Procedure. to refer (a bill or the like) to a committee for consideration.
–verb (used without object)
12. to pledge or engage oneself: an athlete who commits to the highest standards.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME committen (< AF committer) < L committere, equiv. to com- com- + mittere to send, give over

Related forms:
com⋅mit⋅ta⋅ble, adjective
com⋅mit⋅ter, noun

Synonyms:
6. carry out, effect, execute.
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com·mit   (kə-mĭt')   
v.   com·mit·ted, com·mit·ting, com·mits

v.   tr.

  1. To do, perform, or perpetrate: commit a murder.

  2. To put in trust or charge; entrust: commit oneself to the care of a doctor; commit responsibilities to an assistant.

  3. To place officially in confinement or custody, as in a mental health facility.

  4. To consign for future use or reference or for preservation: commit the secret code to memory.

  5. To put into a place to be kept safe or to be disposed of.

    1. To make known the views of (oneself) on an issue: I never commit myself on such issues.

    2. To bind or obligate, as by a pledge: They were committed to follow orders.

  7. To refer (a legislative bill, for example) to a committee.

v.   intr.
To pledge or obligate one's own self: felt that he was too young to commit fully to marriage.

[Middle English committen, from Latin committere : com-, com- + mittere, to send.]
com·mit'ta·ble adj.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to give over to another for a purpose such as care or safekeeping. Commit has the widest application: The troops were committed to the general's charge. I committed the sonata to memory. The patient was committed to the hospital.
To consign is to transfer to another's custody or charge: The owner consigned the paintings to a dealer for sale.
Entrust and confide stress trust in another: The task was too dangerous to be entrusted to a child. She confided her plans to her family.
To relegate is to assign to a specific and especially an inferior category or position: Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery.
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Word Origin & History

commit 
c.1390, from L. committere "to bring together," from com- "together" + mittere "to put, send" (see mission). Evolution into modern range of meanings is not entirely clear. Sense of "perpetrating" was ancient in L. Intransitive use (in place of commit oneself) first recorded 1982, probably influenced by existentialism use (1948) of commitment to translate Sartre's engagement "to emotionally and morally engage."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: com·mit
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: com·mit·ted; com·mit·ting
transitive verb 1 a : to put into another's charge or trust : ENTRUST, CONSIGN <committed her children to her sister's care> b : to place in a prison or mental hospital esp. by judicial order committed to the Central Louisiana State Hospital —In the Matter of K.G., 531 So. Second 575 (1988)> —compare INSTITUTIONALIZE, INTERDICT c : to send (as a legislative bill) to a committee for consideration and report <commit the crime bill to the joint committee>
2 : to carry into action deliberately : PERPETRATE committed on the high seas —U.S. Constitution article I>
3 : OBLIGATE, BIND intransitive verb : to obligate or bind oneself commit to the irrevocable order>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: com·mit
Pronunciation: k&-'mit
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: com·mit·ted;com·mit·ting
: to place in a prison or mental institution committed by the court to a state hospital> —com·mit·ta·ble /-'mit-&-b&l/ adjective
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Medical Dictionary

commit com·mit (kə-mĭt')
v. com·mit·ted, com·mit·ting, com·mits
To place officially in confinement or custody, as in a mental health facility.

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