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commit verb [ kəˈmɪt ]

• perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act).
• "he committed an uncharacteristic error"
Similar: carry out, do, perform, perpetrate, engage in, enact, execute, effect, accomplish, be responsible for, be to blame for, be guilty of, pull off, effectuate,
• pledge or bind (a person or an organization) to a certain course or policy.
• "they were reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion"
Similar: pledge, devote, apply, give, dedicate, bind, obligate,
• transfer something to (a state or place where it can be kept or preserved).
• "he composed a letter but didn't commit it to paper"
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin committere ‘join, entrust’ (in medieval Latin ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’.


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