COMMIT

verb (~ted; ~ting) Etymology: Middle English ~ten, from Anglo-French ~ter, from Latin ~tere to connect, entrust, from com- + mittere to send Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to put into charge or trust ; entrust , to place in a prison or mental institution, to consign or record for preservation , to put into a place for disposal or safekeeping, to refer (as a legislative bill) to a ~tee for consideration and report, to carry into action deliberately ; perpetrate , 3. obligate , bind , to pledge or assign to some particular course or use , to reveal the views of , intransitive verb to perpetrate an offense, to obligate or pledge oneself, ~table adjective Synonyms: see: ~