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com⋅mit

  [kuh-mit] verb, -mit⋅ted, -mit⋅ting.
Use committing 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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