- L. committerecommissum, to connect, commit; com- + mittere to send. See Mission
- To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with tounto.Commit thy way unto the Lord.Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave.
- To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.These two were committed.
- To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.Thou shalt not commit adultery.
- To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.R
- 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.You might have satisfied every duty of political friendship, without commiting the honor of your sovereign.Any sudden assent to the proposal . . . might possibly be considered as committing the faith of the United States.
- To confound.An obsolete LatinismCommitting short and long [quantities].To CommitIntrustConsign.
