Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Commit

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Commit


Subjects in this Topic:

(1):

(v. i.) To sin; esp., to be incontinent.

(2):

(v. t.) To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.

(3):

(v. t.) To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

(4):

(v. t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.

(5):

(v. t.) 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.

(6):

(v. t.) To confound.

(7):

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