Entry Word: commit

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to carry through (as a process) to completion <accused of committing a felony> — see perform 1
2 to obligate by prior agreement <we were committed to finishing the project> — see pledge 1
3 to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another <commit only some power to each official> — see give 2
4 to put in or as if in prison <committed the criminal to prison> — see imprison