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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.
EXPANDto entrust, especially 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.
COLLAPSEParliamentary 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.
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Committing
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English committen (< Anglo-French committer) < Latin committere, equivalent to com- com- + mittere to send, give over
1350–1400; Middle English committen (< Anglo-French committer) < Latin committere, equivalent to com- com- + mittere to send, give over
Related forms
com·mit·ta·ble, adjective
com·mit·ter, noun
non·com·mit·ted, adjective
pre·com·mit, verb (used with object), -mit·ted, -mit·ting.
self-com·mit·ting, adjective
EXPANDun·com·mit, verb, -mit·ted, -mit·ting.
un·com·mit·ting, adjective
well-com·mit·ted, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
6. carry out, effect, execute.
6. carry out, effect, execute.
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Word Origin & History
commit
late 14c., 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 Latin. The intransitive use (in place of commit oneself)
EXPAND first recorded 1982, probably influenced by existentialism use (1948) of commitment to translate Sartre's engagement "to emotionally and morally engage."
COLLAPSE
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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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