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com·mit·ted<\/b>
com·mit·ting<\/b>
vt<\/i>
1 a<\/b> :<\/b> to put into another’s charge or trust
:<\/b> entrust <\/a> consign <\/a> [committed<\/i> her children to her sister’s care]
b<\/b> :<\/b> to place in a prison or mental hospital esp. by judicial order [was found to be gravely disabled and was involuntarily committed<\/i> to the Central Louisiana State Hospital “In the Matter of K.G.<\/i>, 531 So. 2d 575 (1988)”] compare institutionalize<\/a>, interdict<\/a>
c<\/b> :<\/b> to send (as a legislative bill) to a committee for consideration and report [ the crime bill to the joint committee]
2<\/b> :<\/b> to carry into action deliberately
:<\/b> perpetrate <\/a> [to define and punish piracies and felonies committed<\/i> on the high seas “U.S. Constitution<\/i> art. I”]
3<\/b> :<\/b> obligate <\/a> bind <\/a>
vi<\/i>
:<\/b> to obligate or bind oneself [would not to the irrevocable order] <\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

Source: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law \u00a91996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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