COMMIT
\kəmˈɪt], \kəmˈɪt], \k_ə_m_ˈɪ_t]\
Definitions of COMMIT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
By Princeton University
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cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.
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To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
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To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
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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.
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To confound.
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To sin; esp., to be incontinent.
By Oddity Software
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Committed.
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Committing.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To do; perpetrate.
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To consign; entrust; refer.
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To devote; pledge; compromise or bind (oneself).
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To memorize, as a speech.
By James Champlin Fernald