Commit vs. Commend

Commitverb

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; — used with to, unto.

Commendverb

(transitive) To congratulate or reward.

‘The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.’;

Commitverb

To put in charge of a jailer; to imprison.

Commendverb

(transitive) To praise or acclaim.

Commitverb

(transitive) to have enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient

‘Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!’;

Commendverb

(transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.

Commitverb

To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

‘to commit murder’; ‘to commit a series of heinous crimes’;

Commendverb

(transitive) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill.

Commitverb

To join a contest; to match; followed by with.

Commendverb

(transitive) To recommend.

Commitverb

To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)

‘to commit oneself to a certain action’; ‘to commit to a relationship’;

Commendverb

To adorn; to set off.

Commitverb

(computing) To make a set of changes permanent.

Commendnoun

(obsolete) Commendation; praise.

Commitverb

To confound.

Commendnoun

Compliments; greetings.

Commitverb

To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.

Commendverb

To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.

‘His eye commends the leading to his hand.’; ‘Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.’;

Commitverb

To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur.

Commendverb

To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.

‘Among the objects of knowledge, two especially commend themselves to our contemplation.’; ‘I commend unto you Phebe our sister.’;

Commitnoun

(computing) The act of committing (e.g. a database transaction or source code into a source control repository), making it a permanent change.

Commendverb

To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act.

‘Historians commend Alexander for weeping when he read the actions of Achilles.’;

Commitverb

To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; - used with to, unto.

‘Commit thy way unto the Lord.’; ‘Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave.’;

Commendverb

To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will.

‘Commend me to my brother.’;

Commitverb

To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.

‘These two were committed.’;

Commendnoun

Commendation; praise.

‘Speak in his just commend.’;

Commitverb

To do; to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

‘Thou shalt not commit adultery.’;

Commendnoun

Compliments; greetings.

‘Hearty commends and much endeared love to you.’;

Commitverb

To join for a contest; to match; - followed by with.

Commendverb

express approval of

Commitverb

To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; - often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.

‘You might have satisfied every duty of political friendship, without commiting the honor of your sovereign.’; ‘Any sudden assent to the proposal . . . might possibly be considered as committing the faith of the United States.’;

Commendverb

present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence;

‘His paintings commend him to the artistic world’;

Commitverb

To confound.

‘Committing short and long [quantities].’;

Commendverb

give to in charge;

‘I commend my children to you’;

Commitverb

To sin; esp., to be incontinent.

‘Commit not with man's sworn spouse.’;

Commendverb

express a good opinion of

Commitverb

perform an act, usually with a negative connotation;

‘perpetrate a crime’; ‘pull a bank robbery’;

Commendverb

mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship;

‘Remember me to your wife’;

Commitverb

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

‘She committed herself to the work of God’; ‘give one's talents to a good cause’; ‘consecrate your life to the church’;

Commendverb

praise formally or officially

‘he was commended by the judge for his courageous actions’;

Commitverb

cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution;

‘After the second episode, she had to be committed’; ‘he was committed to prison’;

Commendverb

present as suitable for approval or acceptance; recommend

‘I commend her to you without reservation’;

Commitverb

confer a trust upon;

‘The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret’; ‘I commit my soul to God’;

Commendverb

make (something) acceptable or pleasing

‘most one-roomed flats have little to commend them’; ‘the emphasis on peace will commend itself to all’;

Commitverb

make an investment;

‘Put money into bonds’;

Commendverb

entrust someone or something to

‘as they set out on their journey I commend them to your care’;

Commendverb

pass on someone's good wishes to

‘commend me to my son, and bid him rule better than I’;