Commit and Draft

• (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 document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another.
  • synonyms: bill of exchange, order of payment
• A current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle.
  • synonyms: draught
• A preliminary sketch of a design or picture.
  • synonyms: rough drawing
• A serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg.
  • usage: "they served beer on draft"
  • synonyms: draught, potation, tipple
• Any of the various versions in the development of a written work.
  • usage: "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution"
  • synonyms: draft copy
• The depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded.
  • synonyms: draught
• A regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace.
• A dose of liquid medicine.
  • usage: "he took a sleeping draft"
  • synonyms: draught
• Compulsory military service.
  • synonyms: conscription, muster, selective service
• A large and hurried swallow.
  • usage: "he finished it at a single gulp"
  • synonyms: gulp, draught, swig
• The act of moving a load by drawing or pulling.
  • synonyms: draught, drawing

verb

• Draw up an outline or sketch for something.
  • usage: "draft a speech"
  • synonyms: outline
• Engage somebody to enter the army.
  • synonyms: enlist, muster in
• Make a blueprint of.
  • synonyms: blueprint, draught

• (v.t.) To compose and write; as, to draft a memorial.
• (v.t.) To draw the outline of; to delineate.
• (a.) Pertaining to or used for, drawing or pulling (as vehicles, loads, etc.). Same as Draught.
• (v.t.) To draw from a military band or post or from any district, company or society; to detach; to select.
• (v.t.) To transfer by draft.
• (a.) Relating to or characterized by, a draft or current of air. Same as Draught.

(DoD) The conscription of qualified citizens in military service. See also active duty; Military Service.
(DoD) The depth of water that a vessel requires to float freely; the depth of a vessel from the water line to the keel. See also watercraft.

draft is a written order drawn by one party, called a drawer, that directs a second party (almost always a bank), called a drawee, to pay a sum of money to a third party, called the payee. For example, a check. Drafts are used with letters of credit. Drafts may be sight drafts, payable upon receipt, or time drafts, payable on some specified future date.