Commit and Move

• (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

• The act of deciding to do something.
  • usage: "he didn't make a move to help"; "his first move was to hire a lawyer"
• The act of changing your residence or place of business.
  • usage: "they say that three moves equal one fire"
  • synonyms: relocation
• A change of position that does not entail a change of location.
  • usage: "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility"
  • synonyms: motion, movement, motility
• The act of changing location from one place to another.
  • usage: "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
  • synonyms: motion, movement
• Game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game. (

verb

• Change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.
  • usage: "How fast does your new car go"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
  • synonyms: travel, go, locomote
• Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.
  • usage: "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
  • synonyms: displace
• Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.
  • usage: "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
• Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment.
  • usage: "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another"
• Follow a procedure or take a course.
  • usage: "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
  • synonyms: go, proceed
• Be in a state of action.
  • usage: "she is always moving"
  • synonyms: be active
• Go or proceed from one point to another.
  • usage: "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
• Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action. )
  • usage: "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
  • synonyms: act
• Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon.
  • usage: "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
  • synonyms: affect, impress, strike
• Give an incentive for action.
  • usage: "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
  • synonyms: motivate, actuate, propel, prompt, incite
• Arouse sympathy or compassion in.
  • usage: "Her fate moved us all"
• Dispose of by selling.
  • usage: "The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers"
• Progress by being changed.
  • usage: "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
  • synonyms: go, run
• Live one's life in a specified environment.
  • usage: "she moves in certain circles only"
• Have a turn; make one's move in a game.
  • usage: "Can I go now"
  • synonyms: go
• Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting.
  • synonyms: make a motion

• (n.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game.
• (v.i.) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.
• (v.i.) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.
• (v.t.) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.
• (v.t.) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.
• (v.t.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.
• (v.i.) To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town or state, to another.
• (n.) An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• (v.t.) To apply to, as for aid.
• (v.t.) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion or appeal; to influence.
• (v.i.) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.
• (v.t.) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.
• (n.) The act of moving; a movement.