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committable

Variant of commit

transitive verb committed, committing

  1. to give in charge or trust; deliver for safekeeping; entrust; consign: we commit his fame to posterity
  2. to put officially in custody or confinement: committed to prison
  3. to hand over or set apart to be disposed of or put to some purpose: to commit something to the trash heap
  4. to do or perpetrate (an offense or crime)
  5. to bind as by a promise; pledge; engage: committed to the struggle
  6. to make known the opinions or views of: to commit oneself on an issue
  7. to refer (a bill, etc.) to a committee to be considered

intransitive verb

Informal to make a pledge or promise: often with to

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