Commit and Cite

• (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

• A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.
  • usage: "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases"
  • synonyms: citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation

verb

• Make reference to.
  • usage: "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
  • synonyms: mention, advert, bring up, name, refer
• Commend.
  • usage: "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"
  • synonyms: mention
• Refer to.
  • usage: "he referenced his colleagues' work"
  • synonyms: reference
• Repeat a passage from.
  • usage: "He quoted the Bible to her"
  • synonyms: quote
• Refer to for illustration or proof.
  • usage: "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
  • synonyms: quote
• Advance evidence for.
  • synonyms: adduce, abduce
• Call in an official matter, such as to attend court.
  • synonyms: summon, summons

• (v.t.) To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration or confirmation.
• (v.t.) To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.
• (v.t.) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book or the words of another.
• (v.t.) To urge; to enjoin.
• (v.t.) To bespeak; to indicate.
• (v.t.) To notify of a proceeding in court.