Commit
Commit , transitive verb
[Latin committere, commissum, to connect, commit; com- + mittere to send. See Mission.]
1.
To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
Commit thy way unto the Lord.
Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave.
2.
To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
These two were committed.
3.
To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
4.
To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with. [Rare] — Dr. H. More
5.
To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.
You might have satisfied every duty of political friendship, without commiting the honor of your sovereign.
Any sudden assent to the proposal... might possibly be considered as committing the faith of the United States.
6.
To confound. [An obsolete Latinism.]
Committing short and long [quantities].
Collocations (2)
To commit a bill (Legislation) , to refer or intrust it to a committee or others, to be considered and reported.
To commit to memory or To commit , to learn by heart; to memorize.
Commit , intransitive verb
To sin; esp., to be incontinent. [Obsolete]
Commit not with man's sworn spouse.