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Nouns (1)

commit

n. (card game)

Verbs (21)

commit, practice

v. engage in or perform; "practice safe sex"; "commit a random act of kindness"

invest, put, commit, place

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote

v. 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"

commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge

v. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit

v. confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"

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Fuzzynyms (120)

obligate

v. commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"

bind, tie, attach, bond

v. create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

inflict, bring down, visit, impose

v. impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

bring, work, play, wreak, make for

v. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area"

enact, reenact, act out

v. act out; represent or perform as if in a play; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"

exert, exercise

v. put to use; "exert one's power or influence"

conduct, carry on, deal

v. direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"

run, execute

v. carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"

achieve, accomplish, attain, reach

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

exercise, work out

v. do physical exercise; "She works out in the gym every day"

put up, contribute

v. provide; "The city has to put up half the required amount"

donate

v. give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"

sequester

v. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"

assign, allot, portion

v. give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"

commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge

v. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

deal

v. give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"

finance

v. obtain or provide money for; "Can we finance the addition to our home?"

pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give

v. place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

concede, yield, cede, grant

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

offer, offer up

v. present as an act of worship; "offer prayers to the gods"

present, submit

v. hand over formally

fund

v. furnish money for; "The government funds basic research in many areas"

consecrate, bless, hallow, sanctify

v. render holy by means of religious rites

practice, practise, exercise, do

v. carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law"

donate

v. give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"

invest, clothe, adorn

v. furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

accord, allot, grant

v. allow to have; "grant a privilege"

deal

v. give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"

yield, give, afford

v. be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give

v. place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

allow

v. grant as a discount or in exchange; "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera"

concede, yield, cede, grant

v. give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

sequester

v. requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered"

assign, allot, portion

v. give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"

invest, put, commit, place

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust

v. make a thrusting forward movement

smash

v. hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke

dive

v. swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"

shoot, tear, charge, buck, shoot down

v. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

pledge

v. give as a guarantee; "I pledge my honor"

relegate, pass on, submit

v. refer to another person for decision or judgment; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

authorize, authorise, pass, clear

v. grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

assign, allot, portion

v. give out; "We were assigned new uniforms"

assign

v. transfer one's right to

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Antonyms (11)

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

prevent, keep

v. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"

divest, disinvest

v. reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"

withdraw, draw, take out, draw off

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

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