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