meaning of commit
1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.
2. To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
3. To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
4. To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
5. To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit ones self to a certain course.
6. To confound.
7. To sin; esp. , to be incontinent.
Related Words
commit | commitment | committable | committal | committed | committee | committeeman | committer | committible | committing |
