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Commit and Require

verb

  • Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.
    • usage: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"
  • 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"
  • Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution.
    • usage: "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
  • 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"
(DoD) The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles for interception against a target track.

verb

  • Require as useful, just, or proper.
    • usage: "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
  • Consider obligatory; request and expect.
    • usage: "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
  • Make someone do something.
  • Have need of.
    • usage: "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"