Commit and Connect

• (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.

verb

• Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces.
  • usage: "Can you connect the two loudspeakers"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"
  • synonyms: link, tie, link up
• Make a logical or causal connection.
  • usage: "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
  • synonyms: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up
• Be or become joined or united or linked.
  • usage: "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"
  • synonyms: link, link up, join, unite
• Join by means of communication equipment.
  • usage: "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area"
• Land on or hit solidly.
  • usage: "The brick connected on her head, knocking her out"
• Join for the purpose of communication.
  • usage: "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore"
• Be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in transportation.
  • usage: "The local train does not connect with the Amtrak train"; "The planes don't connect and you will have to wait for four hours"
• Establish a rapport or relationship.
  • usage: "The President of this university really connects with the faculty"
• Establish communication with someone.
  • usage: "did you finally connect with your long-lost cousin"
  • synonyms: get in touch, touch base
• Plug into an outlet.
  • usage: "Please plug in the toaster"; "Connect the TV so we can watch the football game tonight"
  • synonyms: plug in, plug into
• Hit or play a ball successfully.
  • usage: "The batter connected for a home run"

• (v.t.) To join or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.
• (v.i.) To join, unite or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect with another.
• (v.t.) To associate (a person or thing or one's self) with another person, thing, business or affair.