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Meaning of commit

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  commit
      v 1: perform an act, usually with a negative connotation;
           "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" [syn:
           {perpetrate}, {commit}, {pull}]
      2: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She
         committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to
         a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" [syn:
         {give}, {dedicate}, {consecrate}, {commit}, {devote}]
      3: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After
         the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was
         committed to prison" [syn: {commit}, {institutionalize},
         {institutionalise}, {send}, {charge}]
      4: confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the
         general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" [syn: {entrust},
         {intrust}, {trust}, {confide}, {commit}]
      5: make an investment; "Put money into bonds" [syn: {invest},
         {put}, {commit}, {place}] [ant: {disinvest}, {divest}]
      6: engage in or perform; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random
         act of kindness" [syn: {commit}, {practice}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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