com·mit (k -m t )v. com·mit·ted, com·mit·ting, com·mits v.tr. 1. To do, perform, or perpetrate: commit a murder. 2. To put in trust or charge; entrust: commit oneself to the care of a doctor; commit responsibilities to an assistant. 3. To place officially in confinement or custody, as in a mental health facility. 4. To consign for future use or reference or for preservation: commit the secret code to memory. 5. To put into a place to be kept safe or to be disposed of. 6. a. To make known the views of (oneself) on an issue: I never commit myself on such issues. b. To bind or obligate, as by a pledge: They were committed to follow orders. 7. To refer (a legislative bill, for example) to a committee. v.intr. To pledge or obligate one's own self: felt that he was too young to commit fully to marriage. [Middle English committen, from Latin committere : com-, com- + mittere, to send.] com·mit ta·ble adj.Synonyms: commit, consign, entrust, confide, relegate These verbs mean to give over to another for a purpose such as care or safekeeping. Commit has the widest application: The troops were committed to the general's charge. I committed the sonata to memory. The patient was committed to the hospital. To consign is to transfer to another's custody or charge: The owner consigned the paintings to a dealer for sale. Entrust and confide stress trust in another: The task was too dangerous to be entrusted to a child. She confided her plans to her family. To relegate is to assign to a specific and especially an inferior category or position: Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery. |
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