Commit and Secure

• (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.

verb

• Get by special effort.
  • usage: "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"
  • synonyms: procure
• Cause to be firmly attached.
  • usage: "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
  • synonyms: fasten, fix
• Assure payment of.
• Make certain of.
  • usage: "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success"
  • synonyms: guarantee, ensure, insure, assure
• Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug.
  • usage: "plug the hole"; "stop up the leak"
  • synonyms: plug, stop up
• Furnish with battens.
  • usage: "batten ships"
  • synonyms: batten, batten down

adjective

• Free from fear or doubt; easy in mind.
  • usage: "he was secure that nothing will be held against him"
  • synonyms: unafraid, untroubled
• Free from danger or risk.
  • usage: "secure from harm"; "his fortune was secure"; "made a secure place for himself in his field"
• Not likely to fail or give way.
  • usage: "the lock was secure"; "a secure foundation"; "a secure hold on her wrist"
• Immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with.
  • usage: "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection"
  • synonyms: impregnable, inviolable, strong, unassailable, unattackable
• Financially sound.
  • usage: "a good investment"; "a secure investment"
  • synonyms: dependable, good, safe

• (v.t.) To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
• (v.t.) To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; to insure; -- frequently with against or from, rarely with of; as, to secure a creditor against loss; to secure a debt by a mortgage.
• (v.t.) To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping; as, to secure a prisoner; to secure a door or the hatches of a ship.
• (a.) Overconfident; incautious; careless; -- in a bad sense.
• (v.t.) To get possession of; to make one's self secure of; to acquire certainly; as, to secure an estate.
• (a.) Free from fear, care or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.
• (a.) Confident in opinion; not entertaining or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; -- commonly with of; as, secure of a welcome.
• (a.) Net exposed to danger; safe; -- applied to persons and things, and followed by against or from.

(DoD, NATO) In an operational context, to gain possession of a position or terrain feature, with or without force, and to make such disposition as will prevent, as far as possible, its destruction or loss by enemy action. See also denial measure.