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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

com·mit / kəˈmit/ • v. (-mit·ted , -mit·ting ) [tr.] 1. carry out or perpetrate (a mistake, crime, or immoral act). 2. pledge or bind (a person or an organization) to a certain course or policy: they were reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion. ∎ pledge or set aside (resources) for future use: manufacturers will have to commit substantial funds to developing new engines. ∎ (be committed to) be in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone). ∎ (be committed to) be dedicated to (something): it is a modern Marxist party committed to democratic socialism. 3. send, entrust, or consign, in particular: ∎ consign (someone) officially to prison, esp. on remand. ∎ send (a person or case) for trial. ∎ send (someone) to be confined in a psychiatric hospital. ∎ (commit something to) transfer something to (a state or place): he composed a letter but didn't commit it to paper. ∎ refer (a legislative bill) to a committee. DERIVATIVES: com·mit·ta·ble adj. com·mit·ter n.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

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A. entrust XIV;

B. perpetrate XV;

C. engage, involve XVII. — L. committere join, join (battle), practise, perpetrate, place with another for safety, etc., entrust, f. COM- + mittere put, send (see MISSION).
Hence commitment XVII, committal XIX.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

commit •acquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, shit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, tit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ, zit •albeit, howbeit •poet •bluet, cruet, intuit, suet, Yuit •Inuit • floruit • Jesuit •Babbitt, cohabit, habit, rabbet, rabbit •ambit, gambit •jackrabbit • barbet • Nesbit • rarebit •adhibit, exhibit, gibbet, inhibit, prohibit •titbit (US tidbit) • flibbertigibbet •Cobbett, gobbet, hobbit, obit, probit •orbit • Tobit •cubit, two-bit •hatchet, latchet, ratchet •Pritchett •crotchet, rochet

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