Meaning

verb perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

verb give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

verb cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

originInherited 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.

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