v.
 (commits, committing, committed)
    - perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act).
- pledge or bind to a course, policy, or use. ▸
[ often as adj. committed]
 dedicate to a cause: ![]()  a committed Christian. 
▸
(be committed to)
 be in a long-term emotional relationship with. 
- transfer for safe keeping or permanent preservation. ▸send to prison or psychiatric hospital, or for trial in a higher court. 
- refer (a parliamentary or legislative bill) to a committee.
Derivative
  
    - committable adj.
- committer n.
 
  Etymology
  ME: from L. committere ‘join, entrust’ (in med. L. ‘put into custody’), from com- ‘with’ + mittere ‘put or send’.