commit

Definition

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English committen, itself borrowed from Latin committō (“to bring together, join, compare, commit (a wrong), incur, give in charge, etc.”), from com- (“together”) + mittō (“to send”). See mission.

Example Sentences

• "Commit these numbers to memory."
• "Bid him farwell, commit him to the Graue,"
• "Commit thy way vnto the Lord: trust also in him, and he shall bring it to passe."

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