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commit verb (committed, committing) 1 to carry out or perpetrate (a crime, offence, error, etc). 2 to have someone put in prison or a mental institution. 3 to promise or engage, especially oneself, for some undertaking, etc. 4 to dedicate oneself to a cause, etc from a sense of conviction • She committed herself to Christ. 5 to entrust or give. 6 to send someone for trial in a higher court. commit oneself to make a definite irrevocable decision. commit something to memory to memorize it.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c: from Latin committere to put together or to join.
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