commit
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(verb) 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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Synonyms: charge, institutionalize, send |
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Related Words: hospitalize, transfer |
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(verb) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation: "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" |
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Synonyms: perpetrate, pull |
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Related Words: act, make, move, recommit |
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(verb) furnish or contribute; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause" |
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Synonyms: dedicate, devote, give |
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Related Words: apply, apply, consecrate, employ, rededicate, use, utilise, utilize, vow |
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(verb) make an investment; "Put money into bonds" |
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Synonyms: invest, place, put |
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Related Words: buy into, drop, expend, job, speculate, spend |
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(verb) To confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" |
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Synonyms: confide, entrust, intrust, trust |
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Related Words: charge, commend, consign, give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, recommit, turn over |
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