commit

v. i. To sin; esp., to be incontinent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Commit not with man's sworn spouse. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose.
Syn. -- commitment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower, whence he was within few days enlarged. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being committed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude. Opposite of uncommitted. [ Narrower terms: bound up, involved, wrapped up; dedicated, devoted; pledged, sworn ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also called attached. Opposite of unattached. [ Narrower terms: affianced, bespoken, betrothed, engaged, pledged, promised(predicate); married ] [ Also See: loving. ]
Syn. -- attached. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or mental institution. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Commit, v. t. ] (Law) One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. comité company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. County. ] One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together. [ 1913 Webster ]

Committee of the whole [ house ], a committee, embracing all the members present, into which a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations. --
Standing committee. See under Standing. [ 1913 Webster ]