commit

commit
commit [kəˈmɪt]
1. transitive verb
   a. [+ crime] commettre
• to commit suicide se suicider
   b. ( = consign) confier (to à)
• to commit sb (to prison) faire incarcérer qn
• to commit sb for trial mettre qn en accusation
   c. to commit o.s. s'engager (to sth à qch) (to doing à faire)
• to be committed to a policy s'être engagé à poursuivre une politique
2. intransitive verb
• to commit to sth/sb s'engager à qch/envers qn
* * *
[kə'mɪt] 1.
(p prés etc -tt-) transitive verb
1) (perpetrate) commettre [crime, error]

to commit adultery — commettre un adultère

2) (engage) engager [person] (to do à faire)
3) (assign) consacrer [money, time] (to à)
4) Law

to commit somebody for trial — mettre quelqu'un en accusation

to commit somebody to jail/to a psychiatric hospital — faire incarcérer/interner quelqu'un

5) (consign) sout confier (to à; to somebody's care à la garde de quelqu'un)

to commit something to paper — consigner quelque chose

to commit something to memory — mémoriser quelque chose

2.
reflexive verb

to commit oneself — s'engager (to à)

I can't ou I won't commit myself — je ne peux rien promettre (as to quant à)


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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