- (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 Have
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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.
noun
- A person who possesses great material wealth.
- synonyms: rich person, wealthy person
verb
- Have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense.
- usage: "She has $1, 000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
- Have as a feature.
- usage: "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France"
- synonyms: feature
- Go through (mental or physical states or experiences. )
- usage: "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
- synonyms: experience, receive, get
- Have ownership or possession of.
- usage: "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have"
- Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition.
- usage: "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble"
- Serve oneself to, or consume regularly.
- usage: "Have another bowl of chicken soup"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
- Have a personal or business relationship with someone.
- usage: "have a postdoc"; "have an assistant"; "have a lover"
- Organize or be responsible for.
- usage: "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
- Have left.
- usage: "I have two years left"; "I don't have any money left"; "They have two more years before they retire"
- Be confronted with.
- usage: "What do we have here"; "Now we have a fine mess"
- Undergo.
- usage: "The stocks had a fast run-up"
- synonyms: experience
- Suffer from; be ill with.
- usage: "She has arthritis"
- Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.
- usage: "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
- Receive willingly something given or offered.
- usage: "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house"; "Please accept my present"
- Get something; come into possession of.
- usage: "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"
- synonyms: receive
- Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses. )
- usage: "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle"
- Achieve a point or goal.
- usage: "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"
- Cause to be born.
- usage: "My wife had twins yesterday"
- synonyms: give birth, deliver, bear, birth
- Have sex with; archaic use.
- usage: "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
- synonyms: take
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- (v.t.) To hold, regard or esteem.
- (v.t.) To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him.
- (v.t.) To understand.
- (v.t.) To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion.
- (v.t.) To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.
- (Indic.present) of Have.
- (v.t.) To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.
- (v.t.) To cause or force to go; to take.
- (v.t.) To get possession of; to obtain; to get.
- (v.t.) To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with or affects, one.
- (v.t.) To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.
- (v.t.) To accept possession of; to take or accept.
- of Have.
- (v.t.) To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.
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