- (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 Engaged
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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
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(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
- Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in.
- usage: "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
- Consume all of one's attention or time.
- usage: "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
- Engage or hire for work.
- usage: "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed"
- Ask to represent; of legal counsel.
- usage: "I'm retaining a lawyer"
- synonyms: engage
- Give to in marriage.
- Get caught.
- usage: "make sure the gear is engaged"
- synonyms: engage
- Carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns. )
- usage: "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
- Hire for work or assistance.
- usage: "engage aid, help, services, or support"
- Engage for service under a term of contract.
- usage: "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome"
- Keep engaged.
- usage: "engaged the gears"
adjective
- Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged.
- usage: "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
- synonyms: occupied
- Involved in military hostilities.
- usage: "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
- Reserved in advance.
- Of facilities such as telephones or lavatories. ( unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line))
- usage: "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"
- Used of toothed parts or gears. ( interlocked and interacting)
- usage: "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
- synonyms: meshed, intermeshed
- Having services contracted for.
- usage: "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
- Built against or attached to a wall.
- usage: "engaged columns"
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- (a.) Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
- (a.) Occupied; employed; busy.
- (imp.&p.p.) of Engage.
- (a.) Involved; especially, involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.
- (a.) Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
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