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| Committable | a. Capable of being committed. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Committal | n. The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment. [ 1913 Webster ] | | committed | adj. 1. Bound or obligated, as under a pledge to a particular cause, action, or attitude. Opposite of uncommitted. [ Narrower terms: bound up, involved, wrapped up; dedicated, devoted; pledged, sworn ] [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. Associated in an exclusive sexual relationship; also called attached. Opposite of unattached. [ Narrower terms: affianced, bespoken, betrothed, engaged, pledged, promised(predicate); married ] [ Also See: loving. ]
Syn. -- attached. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 3. Consigned involuntarily to custody, as in a prison or mental institution. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | Committee | n. [ Cf. OF. comité company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. County. ] One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together. [ 1913 Webster ]
Committee of the whole [ house ], a committee, embracing all the members present, into which a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations. --
Standing committee. See under Standing. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Committee | n. [ From Commit, v. t. ] (Law) One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Committeeman | n. A member of a committee. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Committer | n. 1. One who commits; one who does or perpetrates. South. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A fornicator. [ Obs. ] T. Decker. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Committible | a. Capable of being committed; liable to be committed. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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