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(verb) give, dedicate, consecrate, devote
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
make an investment
Put money into bonds
(verb) charge, institutionalise, institutionalize, send
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
After the second episode, she had to be committed; he was committed to prison
(verb) entrust, intrust, trust, confide
confer a trust upon
The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret; I commit my soul to God
(verb) practice
engage in or perform
practice safe sex; commit a random act of kindness
(verb) pull, perpetrate
perform an act, usually with a negative connotation
perpetrate a crime; pull a bank robbery