well committed

verb (used with object)

to give in trust or charge; consign.

to consign for preservation: to commit ideas to writing; to commit a poem to memory.

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.

to bind or obligate, as by pledge or assurance; pledge: to commit oneself to a promise; to be committed to a course of action.

to entrust, especially for safekeeping; commend: to commit one's soul to God.

to do; perform; perpetrate: to commit murder; to commit an error.

to consign to custody: to commit a delinquent to a reformatory.

to place in a mental institution or hospital by or as if by legal authority: He was committed on the certificate of two psychiatrists.

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.

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Origin:
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), pre·com·mit·ted, pre·com·mit·ting.

self-com·mit·ting, adjective

un·com·mit, verb, un·com·mit·ted, un·com·mit·ting.

un·com·mit·ting, adjective

well-com·mit·ted, adjective

Synonyms
6. carry out, effect, execute.

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commit (kəˈmɪt)

—vb , -mits, -mitting, -mitted
1.	to hand over, as for safekeeping; charge; entrust: to commit a child to the care of its aunt
2.	commit to memory to learn by heart; memorize
3.	to confine officially or take into custody: to commit someone to prison
4.	(usually passive) to pledge or align (oneself), as to a particular cause, action, or attitude: a committed radical
5.	to order (forces) into action
6.	to perform (a crime, error, etc); do; perpetrate
7.	to surrender, esp for destruction: she committed the letter to the fire
8.	to refer (a bill, etc) to a committee of a legislature

[C14: from Latin committere to join, from com- together + mittere to put, send]

com'mittable

—*adj*

com'mitter

—n

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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)

first recorded 1982, probably influenced by existentialism use (1948) of commitment to translate Sartre's engagement "to emotionally and morally engage."

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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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"We set up a certain aim, and put ourselves of our own will into the power of a certain current. Once having done that, we find ourselves committed to usages and customs which we had not before fully known, but from which we cannot depart without giving up the end which we have chosen. But we have no right, therefore, to claim that we are under the yoke of necessity. We might as well say that the man whom we see struggling vainly in the current of Niagara could not have helped jumping in."

-Anna C. Brackett

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