v. 1
To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.
Commit these numbers to memory.
v. 2
To imprison: to forcibly place in a jail.
v. 3
To forcibly evaluate and treat in a medical facility, particularly for presumed mental illness.
Tony should be committed to a nuthouse!
v. 4
To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
to commit a series of heinous crimes

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Forms

Past participle: committed
e.g. committed → dedicated, devoted, given, allocated…

Commit or Consign?

Religiously, we consign the body to the grave, commit the soul to God.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

assign Tom is authorised to assign us work assignments.
devote She seems to devote all her effects to her career.
dedicate The rest of the morning I will dedicate to shopping.
allocate A committee of experts determines how to allocate the money.
entrust I wouldn't entrust Tom with such an important task.
perpetrate What atrocities do we not perpetrate in the name of culture and refinement!

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

2 letters: do¹
3 letters: put¹
4 letters: give¹, send¹, pull¹
5 letters: place¹, leave¹, trust¹, refer²
6 letters: charge¹, engage², invest², submit², pledge¹, assign², devote², charre
7 letters: perform², deliver³, execute³, commend², entrust², confide², consign²
8 letters: practice², schedule², delegate³, dedicate³, practise², allocate³, imprison³
10 letters: perpetrate³, consecrate³
11 letters: incarcerate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (refer² = 2 syllables).