Commit and Crown

• (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

• The Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy.
  • usage: "the colonies revolted against the Crown"
• The part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel.
• A wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory.
• An ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty.
  • synonyms: diadem
• The part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head.
• An English coin worth 5 shillings.
• The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant.
  • synonyms: treetop
• The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill. )
  • usage: "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"
  • synonyms: peak, crest, top, tip, summit
• The award given to the champion.
  • synonyms: pennant
• The top of the head.
  • synonyms: pate, poll
• Dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth. (
  • usage: "tomorrow my dentist will fit me for a crown"
  • synonyms: crownwork, jacket, jacket crown, cap
• The center of a cambered road.
  • synonyms: crest

verb

• Dwell on with satisfaction.
  • synonyms: gloat, triumph, crow
• Express pleasure verbally.
  • usage: "She crowed with joy"
  • synonyms: crow
• Utter shrill sounds.
  • usage: "The cocks crowed all morning"
  • synonyms: crow
• Invest with regal power; enthrone.
  • usage: "The prince was crowned in Westminster Abbey"
  • synonyms: coronate
• Be the culminating event.
  • usage: "The speech crowned the meeting"
  • synonyms: top
• Form the topmost part of.
  • usage: "A weather vane crowns the building"
• Put an enamel cover on.
  • usage: "crown my teeth"

• (n.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.
• (n.) The rounding or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
• (n.) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank.
• (n.) To cover, decorate or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.
• (n.) A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc.
• (n.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis or the summit of the breach.
• (n.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.
• (n.) Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity or finish.
• (n.) Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.
• (n.) Same as Corona.
• (n.) An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown.
• (n.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.
• (n.) The part of a hat above the brim.
• (n.) The dome of a furnace.
• (n.) The topmost part of anything; the summit.
• of Crow.
• (n.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
• (n.) The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.
• (n.) The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.
• (n.) The bights formed by the several turns of a cable.
• (n.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.
• (n.) A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.
• (n.) The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
• (n.) To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
• p. p. of Crow.
• (n.) Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.
• (n.) To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
• (n.) A size of writing paper. See under Paper.
• (n.) A wreath or garland or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward.