Definition of Commit

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Commit

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.

To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.

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.

To confound.

To sin; esp., to be incontinent.

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Commit Quotations

I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.
Mark Twain

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.
Napoleon Hill

Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit.
Bill Cosby

A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding.
Bob Dylan

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
John Adams

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.
John Adams

The most loving parents and relatives commit murder with smiles on their faces. They force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.
Jim Morrison

You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination.
Charles de Gaulle

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Voltaire

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
Voltaire

Commit Translations

commit in French is commets, commetre, commettent, commettez
commit in Latin is delego, comitto
commit in Spanish is cometer

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