commit

  • verb (committed, committing) 1 carry out or perform (a crime, immoral act, or mistake). 2 pledge or dedicate to a course, policy, or use. 3 (commit oneself to) resolve to remain in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone). 4 transfer for safekeeping or permanent preservation. 5 send to prison or psychiatric hospital, or for trial in a higher court.

  — ORIGIN Latin committere ‘join, entrust’, from mittere ‘put or send’.

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