Commit

·vt To Confound.

II. Commit ·vi To Sin; ·esp., to be incontinent.

III. Commit ·vt To put in charge of a jailor; to Imprison.

IV. Commit ·vt To Do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

V. Commit ·vt To join for a contest; to Match;

— followed by with.

VI. Commit ·vt To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to Intrust; to Consign;

— used with to, unto.

VII. Commit ·vt 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.