... of brevity, commit is used for imprison. The sheriff has committed the offender. These two were committed, at least restrained of their liberty. 4. To do; to ... term of legislation; as, the petition or the bill is committed. Is it the pleasure of the house to commit the ... give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents ... an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" [syn: commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge] 4: ...
Committed definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary COMMITTED, pp. Delivered in trust; given in charge; deposited; imprisoned; done ... under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude; "committed church members"; "a committed Marxist" [ant: uncommitted] 2: associated in an exclusive sexual relationship [syn: attached, committed] [ant: unattached, uncommitted] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Commit Com*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Committed; p. pr. & vb. n. Committing.] [L. committere, commissum, to ...
Fully committed definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Fully Ful"ly, adv. In ... be fully persuaded of the truth of a proposition. Fully committed (Law), committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for ...
... word and the version. At first the Targum was not committed to writing, but was handed down by tradition from meturgheman ... It is more difficult to know when these Targums were committed to writing. It is probable that the same movement, which ... s Greek. The probability is that whoever it was who committed the Targum to writing did little or no actual translating ... shall be white with corn and with flocks of sheep." Committed to writing in Palestine, the Targum of Onqelos was sent ... one might believe the Talmudic traditions, Jonathan's Targum was committed to writing before that of Onqelos. Jonathan is regarded as ... synagogal haphTaroth being traditional, the style of the person who committed it to writing had little scope. The language represents ...
... concerning Absalom. 1 Samuel 18. 5. That which is enjoined, committed, entrusted or delivered to another, implying care, custody, oversight, or ... more generally by of. Hence, 6. The person or thing committed to anothers custody, care or management; a trust. Thus the ... deliver a message" [syn: mission, charge, commission] 7: a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges across the ... an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" [syn: commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge] 11: give ... the home office > c. the ecclesiastical jurisdiction (as a parish) committed to a clergyman d. a person or thing committed ...
Uncommitted definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary UNCOMMIT'TED, a. Not committed. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: not bound or pledged [ant: committed] 2: not associated in an exclusive sexual relationship [syn: unattached, uncommitted] [ant: attached, committed] 3: not busy; not otherwise committed; "he was not available for comment"; "he was available and ... available, uncommitted] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 15th century not committed; specifically not pledged to a particular belief, allegiance, or program < uncommitted voters > Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 not committed. 2 unattached to any specific political cause or group. ...
... well, if they observe their trust. 4. That which is committed to one's care. Never violate a sacred trust. 5 ... as, to take or purchase goods on trust. 8. Something committed to a person's care for use or management, and ... rendered. Every man's talents and advantages are a trust committed to him by his Maker, and for the use or ... confidence or as a condition of some relationship (2) something committed or entrusted to one to be used or cared for ... b. responsible charge or office c. care, custody < the child committed to her trust > II. verb Date: 13th century intransitive verb ... 2 a confident expectation. 3 a a thing or person committed to one's care. b the resulting obligation or ...
... of a person exists, as soon as the crime is committed; but to evince it to others, it must be proved ... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the state of having committed an offense [syn: guilt, guiltiness] [ant: innocence] 2: remorse caused ... delinquency Date: before 12th century 1. the fact of having committed a breach of conduct especially violating law and involving a ... guilty conduct 2. a. the state of one who has committed an offense especially consciously b. feelings of culpability especially for ... offenses Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 the fact of having committed a specified or implied offence. 2 a culpability. b the ... necessarily involve this. Paul is not discussing whether all men committed sin in Adam's fall, or whether all are ...
... the Philistines (who had established themselves even in Bethlehem) he committed his parents to the keeping of the king of Moab ... is extolled as a saint, and yet few men have committed worse crimes. The character of David must remain, like that ... 23). It was to a native of Gath that he committed the care of the sacred ark on its passage from ... 10,11). When the rebellion broke out under Absalom, he committed one-third of his forces to a banished soldier of ... was guilty of a crime such as his father had committed before him (2Sa 13 and 11), and when the grandfather ...
... 1828 Dictionary GUILT'Y, a. gilt'y. Criminal; having knowingly committed a crime or offense, or having violated a law by ... In Scripture, to be guilty of death, is to have committed a crime which deserves death. Matthew 26. To be guilty ... a guilty secret). 4 a (often foll. by of) having committed a (specified) offence. b Law adjudged to have committed a specified offence, esp. by a verdict in a trial ... someone is guilty of a crime or offence, they have committed that crime or offence. They were found guilty of murder ...
... criminal code; criminal law. CRIMINAL, n. A person who has committed an offense against public law; a violator of law, divine ... felonious intent" [syn: criminal, felonious] n 1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime ... adverb II. noun Date: circa 1626 1. one who has committed a crime 2. a person who has been convicted of ... Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & adj. --n. a person who has committed a crime or crimes. --adj. 1 of, involving, or concerning crime (criminal records). 2 having committed (and usu. been convicted of) a crime. 3 Law relating ...
... Low L. felo.] 1. In law, a person who has committed felony. [See Felony.] 2. A whitlow; a painful swelling formed ... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime ... more at fell Date: 13th century 1. one who has committed a felony 2. archaic villain 3. whitlow II. adjective Date ... Reference Dictionary 1. n. & adj. --n. a person who has committed a felony. --adj. archaic cruel, wicked. Derivatives: felonry n. Etymology ... felo. See Fell, a.] 1. (Law) A person who has committed a felony. 2. A person guilty or capable of heinous ...
... an offense, and he proves that he could not have committed it, because he was, at the time, in another place ... purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question 2: a defense of some offensive ... he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi ... prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed. N-COUNT Moby Thesaurus alibi out of, apologize for, apology ...
... of some unlawful act, or in a sudden passion. Homicide committed with premeditated malice, is murder. Suicide also, or self-murder ... and unjustifiably killing another. First-degree murder is a homicide committed with premeditation or in the course of a serious felony ... element of unlawful recklessness or negligence. Noncriminal homicides include killings committed in defense of oneself or another and deaths resulting from ... woman killed could kill the wife of the man who committed the offense without being punished (Ex 21:22 f). This ...
... whole authority, and they were the depository of the power committed unto them by Christ. 2. Prophets: Next to the apostles ... of the synagogue to some of the elders had been committed a bishopric or oversight. At the same time the rank ... of the children of Christ were to look after those committed to them with fatherly kindness and charity or that as ... Vote: The apostles naturally took leadership but, abrogating all authority, committed to the church as a whole the choice of its ...