Commit and Lay

• (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 narrative song with a recurrent refrain.
  • synonyms: ballad
• A narrative poem of popular origin.
  • synonyms: ballad

verb

• Put into a certain place or abstract location.
  • usage: "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
  • synonyms: put, set, place, pose, position
• Put in a horizontal position.
  • usage: "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
  • synonyms: put down, repose
• Prepare or position for action or operation.
  • usage: "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
• Lay eggs.
  • usage: "This hen doesn't lay"
• Impose as a duty, burden, or punishment.
  • usage: "lay a responsibility on someone"
• Be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position.
  • synonyms: lie
• Be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.
  • usage: "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"
  • synonyms: lie
• Originate (in. )
  • usage: "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
  • synonyms: dwell, consist, lie, lie in
• Be and remain in a particular state or condition.
  • usage: "lie dormant"
  • synonyms: lie
• Tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive.
  • usage: "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
  • synonyms: lie
• Have a place in relation to something else.
  • usage: "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"
  • synonyms: lie, rest
• Assume a reclining position.
  • usage: "lie down on the bed until you feel better"
  • synonyms: lie down, lie

adjective

• Characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy.
  • usage: "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"
  • synonyms: laic, secular
• Not of or from a profession.
  • usage: "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"

• (v.t.) A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.
• (n.) That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.
• (v.t.) To apply; to put.
• (v.t.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
• (v.t.) To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
• (a.) A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
• (v.i.) To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.
• (v.t.) A plan; a scheme.
• (a.) Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
• (v.t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
• (imp.) of Lie, to recline.
• (v.i.) To produce and deposit eggs.
• (v.t.) A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).
• (n.) The laity; the common people.
• (v.t.) To cause to lie dead or dying.
• (v.t.) To cause to lie down, to be prostrate or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.
• (n.) A meadow. See Lea.
• (v.t.) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
• (a.) Not belonging to or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
• (v.t.) To impute; to charge; to allege.
• (n.) Faith; creed; religious profession.
• (v.t.) To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table.
• (v.t.) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.
• (v.t.) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
• (v.i.) To lay a wager; to bet.
• (v.t.) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush or a plan.
• (v.t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.
• (v.t.) A job, price or profit.
• (v.t.) To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
• (a.) A melody; any musical utterance.
• (v.t.) To impose, as a burden, suffering or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
• (n.) A law.
• (v.t.) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
• (v.t.) A wager.
• (v.t.) To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
• (a.) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
• (v.t.) To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
• (n.) An obligation; a vow.
• (v.t.) The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.
• (imp.) of Lie.

Lay is a masculine given name

• Name Meaning: From the meadow farm
• Name Origin: English

(DoD) Direct or adjust the aim of a weapon.
(DoD) Setting of a weapon for a given range, a given direction, or both.
(DoD) To lay on: a. to execute a bomber strike; b. to set up a mission.
(DoD) To calculate or project a course.
(DoD) To spread a smoke screen on the ground from an aircraft.
(DoD) To drop one or more aerial bombs or aerial mines onto the surface from an aircraft.