Commit and Name

• (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 language unit by which a person or thing is known.
  • usage: "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
• A person's reputation.
  • usage: "he wanted to protect his good name"
• Family based on male descent.
  • usage: "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
  • synonyms: gens
• A well-known or notable person.
  • usage: "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"
  • synonyms: figure, public figure
• By the sanction or authority of.
  • usage: "halt in the name of the law"
• A defamatory or abusive word or phrase.
  • synonyms: epithet

verb

• Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to.
  • usage: "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
  • synonyms: call
• Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property.
  • usage: "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
  • synonyms: identify
• Charge with a function; charge to be.
  • usage: "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
  • synonyms: nominate, make
• Create and charge with a task or function.
  • usage: "nominate a committee"
  • synonyms: appoint, nominate, constitute
• Mention and identify by name.
  • usage: "name your accomplices"
• Make reference to.
  • usage: "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
  • synonyms: mention, advert, bring up, cite, refer
• Identify as in botany or biology, for example.
  • synonyms: identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe
• Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of.
  • usage: "List the states west of the Mississippi"
  • synonyms: list
• Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis.
  • synonyms: diagnose

• (n.) The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
• (n.) To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding.
• (n.) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.
• (n.) Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
• (n.) To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
• (n.) Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.
• (n.) A person, an individual.
• (n.) To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
• (n.) A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.
• (n.) The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
• (n.) To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding.
• (n.) To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
• (n.) Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
• (n.) A person, an individual.
• (n.) Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.
• (n.) To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.
• (n.) To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
• (n.) A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.