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What is the verb for commitment?

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commit
  1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; — used with to, unto.
  2. To put in charge of a jailer; to imprison.
  3. (transitive) to have enter an establishment, such as a hospital or asylum, as a patient
  4. To do (something bad); to perpetrate, as a crime, sin, or fault.
  5. To join a contest; to match; followed by with.
  6. 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.)[1]
  7. (computing) To make a set of changes permanent.
  8. (Latinism) To confound.
  9. (obsolete, intransitive) To commit an offence; especially, to fornicate.
  10. (obsolete, intransitive) To be committed or perpetrated; to take place; to occur.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “We must prevent criminals from obtaining weapons to commit crimes.”
      “We are expecting our investors to commit a substantial amount of funds to take this business to the next level.”
      “For the next few years, he would commit himself to perfecting his craft.”
committed
commits
committeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of commit
  2. Examples:
    1. “He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat committeth himself to prison.”
committest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of commit
commited
  1. Misspelling of committed.
committing
  1. present participle of commit
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Officers informed the man that he was accused of committing an offence after one of his victims complained of sexual abuse.”
      “You're a good judge of character, so hang back and observe the players before committing to a course of action.”
      “He came at the bull with a knife after having had a history of violence against other bulls and committing bovicide in the past.”
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