Commit and Attempt

• (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.

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"
  • 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.

noun

• Earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something.
  • usage: "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"
  • synonyms: effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
• The act of attacking.
  • usage: "attacks on women increased last year"; "they made an attempt on his life"
  • synonyms: attack

verb

• 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, essay, assay
• Enter upon an activity or enterprise.
  • synonyms: undertake, set about

• (v.i.) To make an attempt; -- with upon.
• (v.t.) To try to win, subdue or overcome; as, one who attempts the virtue of a woman.
• (v.t.) To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
• (n.) A essay, trial or endeavor; an undertaking; an attack or an effort to gain a point; especially an unsuccessful, as contrasted with a successful, effort.
• (v.t.) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions or by temptations; to tempt.
• (v.t.) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force; as, to attempt the enemy's camp.