- (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 Restrain
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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.
verb
- Keep under control; keep in check.
- usage: "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
- Place limits on (extent or access. )
- usage: "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
- To close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement.
- usage: "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom"
- Hold back.
- To compel or deter by or as if by threats.
- synonyms: intimidate
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- (v.t.) To draw back toghtly, as a rein.
- (v.t.) To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.
- (v.t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding or advancing, either by physical or moral force or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.
- (v.t.) To limit; to confine; to restrict.
- (v.t.) To withhold; to forbear.
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