committentn.
/kəˈmɪt(ə)nt/, U.S. /kəˈmɪt(ə)nt/ rare after 18th cent.
A person who commits, refers, or entrusts something to another.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > entrusting to another's care or keeping > one who
committent1649
1649 in Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) I. 124 They have more reason to complain to the lords their committents against the said lords of Holland, than they do to complain of them.
?1679 C. Jelinger Usury stated Overthrown To Rdr. sig. B3 As Usuries Defendants and Committents say now, that the Law made against Usury concerned the Jews, and doth not bind us.
?1701 Bp. G. Hooper Narr. Lower House Convocation Vindicated 38 The Archbishop..is not suppos'd to make the House a Committee..to..Consider, and Report to the Committent.
1783 J. Vergeel tr. P. G. Van Hole in Addr. & Recommendations (U.S. Congr.) vi. 60 The aforesaid principals and committents..to redeem and discharge immediately in one sum the remaining capital with the interests and charges.
1898 L. G. McConachie Congress. Comm. i. 4 In its underlying ideas the word implies that something is committed by a committent.
1997 W. E. Butler tr. Civil Code of Republic Uzbekistan ii. xlviii. 335 A commission agent shall be liable to the committent for loss, shortage, or damage to the property of the committent situated with him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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