Definition of commit

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Commit (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..

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Institution :: Institution (n.) The act or ceremony of investing a clergyman with the spiritual part of a benefice, by which the care of souls is committed to his charge..
Unerring :: Unerring (a.) Committing no mistake; incapable or error or failure certain; sure; unfailing; as, the unerring wisdom of God..
Get :: Get (v. t.) To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson..
Septembrist :: Septembrist (n.) An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792..
Depredate :: Depredate (v. i.) To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country..
Force :: Force (n.) To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one;s will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection..
Steal :: Steal (v. i.) To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft..
Committal :: Committal (n.) The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment..
Power :: Power (n.) Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power..
Examining :: Examining (a.) Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee..
Prison :: Prison (n.) Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority..
Duress :: Duress (n.) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense..
Larcenist :: Larcenist (n.) One who commits larceny.
Aggress :: Aggress (v. i.) To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.
Thief :: Thief (n.) One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
Commitment :: Commitment (n.) The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill..
Complaint :: Complaint (n.) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity..
Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes..
Barratry :: Barratry (n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo..
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