- (v.t.) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
- (v.t.) To confound.
- (v.i.) To sin; especially, to be incontinent.
- (v.t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
- (v.t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin or fault.
Commit and Agree
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verb
- Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
- usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
- synonyms: perpetrate, pull
- Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
- usage: "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
- synonyms: give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
- Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
- usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
- synonyms: institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
- Confer a trust upon.
- usage: "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"
- Make an investment.
- usage: "Put money into bonds"
- Engage in or perform.
- usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
- synonyms: practice
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
verb
- Be in accord; be in agreement.
- usage: "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point"
- Consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something.
- usage: "She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her alone"
- Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics.
- usage: "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"
- Go together.
- usage: "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded"
- Show grammatical agreement.
- usage: "Subjects and verbs must always agree in English"
- Be agreeable or suitable.
- usage: "White wine doesn't agree with me"
- Achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose.
- usage: "No two of my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.i.) To correspond in gender, number, case or person.
- (v.i.) To harmonize in opinion, statement or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur; as, all parties agree in the expediency of the law.
- (v.i.) To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer or to opinion.
- (v.t.) To admit or come to one mind concerning; to settle; to arrange; as, to agree the fact; to agree differences.
- (adv.) In good part; kindly.
- (v.i.) To be conformable; to resemble; to coincide; to correspond; as, the picture does not agree with the original; the two scales agree exactly.
- (v.i.) To make a stipulation by way of settling differences or determining a price; to exchange promises; to come to terms or to a common resolve; to promise.
- (v.t.) To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends.
- (v.i.) To suit or be adapted in its effects; to do well; as, the same food does not agree with every constitution.
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