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Commit and Circulate

verb

  • Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
    • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • 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"
  • Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
    • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • 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"
(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

verb

  • Become widely known and passed on.
    • usage: "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
  • Cause to become widely known.
    • usage: "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
  • Cause be distributed.
    • usage: "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
  • Move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point.
    • usage: "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"
  • Move in circles.
  • Cause to move in a circuit or system.
    • usage: "The fan circulates the air in the room"
  • Move around freely.
    • usage: "She circulates among royalty"
  • Cause to move around.
    • usage: "circulate a rumor"