commit

commit
committable, adj.committer, n.
/keuh mit"/, v., committed, committing.
v.t.
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. Parl. Proc. to refer (a bill or the like) to a committee for consideration.
v.i.
12. to pledge or engage oneself: an athlete who commits to the highest standards.
[1350-1400; ME committen ( < AF committer) < L committere, equiv. to com- COM- + mittere to send, give over]
Syn. 6. carry out, effect, execute.

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