- (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 Conclude
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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
- Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.
- usage: "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
- synonyms: reason, reason out
- Bring to a close.
- usage: "The committee concluded the meeting"
- Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation.
- synonyms: resolve
- Come to a close.
- usage: "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
- synonyms: close
- Reach agreement on.
- usage: "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.t.) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain.
- (v.t.) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument.
- (v.i.) To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.
- (v.t.) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
- (v.t.) To shut up; to inclose.
- (v.t.) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
- (v.i.) To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate.
- (v.t.) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.
- (v.t.) To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause.
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