Commit and Extend

• (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

• Extend in scope or range or area.
  • usage: "The law was extended to all citizens"; "widen the range of applications"; "broaden your horizon"; "Extend your backyard"
  • synonyms: widen, broaden
• Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point.
  • usage: "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
  • synonyms: run, go, pass, lead
• Span an interval of distance, space or time.
  • usage: "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles"
  • synonyms: cover, continue
• Make available; provide.
  • usage: "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"
  • synonyms: offer
• Thrust or extend out.
  • usage: "He held out his hand"; "point a finger"; "extend a hand"; "the bee exserted its sting"
  • synonyms: exsert, stretch out, put out, hold out, stretch forth
• Reach outward in space.
  • usage: "The awning extends several feet over the sidewalk"
  • synonyms: poke out, reach out
• Offer verbally.
  • usage: "extend my greetings"; "He offered his sympathy"
  • synonyms: offer
• Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body.
  • usage: "Stretch your legs"; "Extend your right arm above your head"
  • synonyms: stretch
• Expand the influence of.
  • usage: "The King extended his rule to the Eastern part of the continent"
  • synonyms: expand
• Lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer.
  • usage: "We prolonged our stay"; "She extended her visit by another day"; "The meeting was drawn out until midnight"
  • synonyms: prolong, protract, draw out
• Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length.
  • usage: "Unfold the newspaper"; "stretch out that piece of cloth"; "extend the TV antenna"
  • synonyms: unfold, stretch, stretch out
• Cause to move at full gallop.
  • usage: "Did you gallop the horse just now"
  • synonyms: gallop
• Open or straighten out; unbend.
  • usage: "Can we extend the legs of this dining table"
• Use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity.
  • usage: "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"
  • synonyms: strain
• Prolong the time allowed for payment of.
  • usage: "extend the loan"
• Continue or extend.
  • usage: "The civil war carried into the neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote mountain provinces"
  • synonyms: carry
• Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance.
  • usage: "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"
  • synonyms: stretch

• (v.t.) To enlarge, as a surface or volume; to expand; to spread; to amplify; as, to extend metal plates by hammering or rolling them.
• (v.t.) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply; as, to extend sympathy to the suffering.
• (v.t.) To enlarge; to widen; to carry out further; as, to extend the capacities, the sphere of usefulness or commerce; to extend power or influence; to continue, as time; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to extend the time of payment or a season of trail.
• (v.t.) To stretch out; to prolong in space; to carry forward or continue in length; as, to extend a line in surveying; to extend a cord across the street.
• (v.t.) To hold out or reach forth, as the arm or hand.
• (v.t.) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
• (v.t.) To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions; as, to extend liquors.