COMMIT

v. 1 entrust, consign, transfer, assign, delegate, hand over, deliver, give; allot, pledge, allocate They committed the goods to traders with strong distribution facilities 2 sentence, send (away), confine, shut up, intern, put away, imprison, incarcerate The judge committed her to prison You can be committed for such behaviour. 3 perpetrate, do, perform, carry out They committed murder for money 4 commit oneself. pledge, promise, covenant, agree, assure, swear, give one's word, vow, vouchsafe, engage, undertake, guarantee, bind oneself He committed himself to buying the company after seeing the books