Commit and Assay

commit

(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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

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"
- synonyms: entrust, intrust, trust, confide
Make an investment.
- usage: "Put money into bonds"
- synonyms: invest, put, place
Engage in or perform.
- usage: "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"
- synonyms: practice

(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.

assay

An appraisal of the state of affairs.
- usage: "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress"
- synonyms: check
A substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components.
A written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance.
A quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc..

Analyze (chemical substances. )
Make an effort or attempt.
- usage: "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"
- synonyms: try, seek, attempt, essay

(n.) Tested purity or value.
(v.) To try; to attempt; to apply.
(n.) Trial; attempt; essay.
(n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
(n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.
(v.) To affect.
(v.) To try tasting, as food or drink.
(n.) The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
(n.) Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
(v.i.) To attempt, try or endeavor.
(v.) To subject, as an ore, alloy or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it or to ascertain its composition.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Metal purity test to confirm that the metal meets the standards for trading on a commodities exchange (commodities exchange center).