- (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 Present
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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
- The period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech.
- usage: "that is enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no thought of tomorrow"
- synonyms: nowadays
- Something presented as a gift.
- usage: "his tie was a present from his wife"
- A verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking.
- synonyms: present tense
verb
- Give an exhibition of to an interested audience.
- usage: "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
- synonyms: show, demo, exhibit, demonstrate
- Bring forward and present to the mind.
- usage: "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
- Perform (a play), especially on a stage.
- usage: "we are going to stage `Othello'"
- Hand over formally.
- synonyms: submit
- Introduce.
- usage: "This poses an interesting question"
- synonyms: pose
- Give, especially as an honor or reward.
- usage: "bestow honors and prizes at graduation"
- synonyms: award
- Give as a present; make a gift of.
- usage: "What will you give her for her birthday"
- Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea. )
- usage: "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"
- synonyms: deliver
- Cause to come to know personally.
- usage: "permit me to acquaint you with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"
- Represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture.
- usage: "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
- synonyms: portray
- Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.
- usage: "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"
- Formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc..
- Recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position.
- usage: "When the officers show up, the soldiers have to salute"
- synonyms: salute
adjective
- Temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration.
- usage: "the present leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic"; "the present system"; "present observations"
- Being or existing in a specified place.
- usage: "the murderer is present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at the creation"
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- (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.
- (a.) To bring or introduce into the presence of some one, especially of a superior; to introduce formally; to offer for acquaintance; as, to present an envoy to the king; (with the reciprocal pronoun) to come into the presence of a superior.
- (a.) To present; to personate.
- (a.) Ready; quick in emergency; as a present wit.
- (n.) The position of a soldier in presenting arms; as, to stand at present.
- (a.) Present letters or instrument, as a deed of conveyance, a lease, letter of attorney or other writing; as in the phrase, " Know all men by these presents," that is, by the writing itself, " per has literas praesentes; " -- in this sense, rarely used in the singular.
- (a.) Favorably attentive; propitious.
- (a.) To lay before a public body or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance or indictment.
- (a.) Present time; the time being; time in progress now or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present.
- (a.) Now existing or in process; begun but not ended; now in view or under consideration; being at this time; not past or future; as, the present session of Congress; the present state of affairs; the present instance.
- (a.) To exhibit or offer to view or notice; to lay before one's perception or cognizance; to set forth; to present a fine appearance.
- (a.) To bring an indictment against .
- (a.) To aim, point or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another.
- (n.) Anything presented or given; a gift; a donative; as, a Christmas present.
- (a.) To make a gift of; to bestow; to give, generally in a formal or ceremonious manner; to grant; to confer.
- (a.) To pass over, especially in a ceremonious manner; to give in charge or possession; to deliver; to make over.
- (a.) Hence: To endow; to bestow a gift upon; to favor, as with a donation; also, to court by gifts.
- (v.i.) To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor.
- (a.) A present tense or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.
- (a.) To lay before a court as an object of inquiry; to give notice officially of, as a crime of offence; to find or represent judicially; as, a grand jury present certain offenses or nuisances or whatever they think to be public injuries.
- (a.) To nominate for support at a public school or other institution .
- (a.) To nominate to an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
- (a.) Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated limits; -- opposed to absent.
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