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commits - definition and meaning
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verb commit .
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I won't spoil it for you; suffice to say, Anakin commits an evil act in the name of good.
‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ 2.13: ‘Voyage Of Temptation’ Recap » MTV Movies Blog 2010
Just as Quentin commits his worst act of betrayal, Penny appears with astonishing news: hes been to Fillory and can take them all.
The Magicians by Lev Grossman: Questions 2009
In offering us cowboys who are gay, then, Brokeback Mountain commits heresy, but it is knowing heresy, matter-of-fact heresy.
January 2006 2006
In a shocking (for 1909) ending, Martin commits suicide.
Wolf Dying: Page III 2004
In effect, such a phrase commits the province to ensuring the federal government recovers not only its investment but what they anticipated getting back as well. it's a bit of a nebulous idea but there should be no doubt about it: If the reserves have grown - as expected - and the potential federal return on investment has grown - as expected - the the question actually lays claim to zilch.
Progressive Bloggers 2010
Who is it that commits a karmic cause and who is it that experiences its result?
Introductory Lecture on Karma 2006
Every writer of a long word commits errors, where there appears neither ambiguity to mislead, nor obscurity to confound him; and in a search like this, many felicities of expression will be casually overlooked, many convenient parallels will be forgotten, and many particulars will admit improvement from a mind utterly unequal to the whole performance.
Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations Edmund Spenser 1730
The court order also "commits " the mental-health system to providing the treatment.
DJ Jaffe: What Harry Reid and John Boehner Should Do in Wake of Giffords Shooting DJ Jaffe 2011
The court order also "commits " the mental-health system to providing the treatment.
DJ Jaffe: What Harry Reid and John Boehner Should Do in Wake of Giffords Shooting DJ Jaffe 2011
In addition to committing the patient to accept the treatment, under the "Model Law" AOT 'commits ' the mental health system to providing it.
DJ Jaffe: Largest & Longest Study: New Treatment Law Helps Mentally Ill Avoid Incarceration, Homelessness and Hospitalization DJ Jaffe 2010
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