Dictionary
com•mit
Pronunciation: (ku-mit'), [key]
—v., -mit•ted, -mit•ting.
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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.
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v.i.
to pledge or engage oneself:
an athlete who commits to the highest standards. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
