committorn.

Brit.

/kəˈmɪtə/, U.S.

/kəˈmɪdər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: commit v., -or suffix.

Etymology: < commit v. + -or suffix. Compare earlier committer n.

Now rare.

= committer n.In N.E.D. (1891) and some other dictionaries, in a spec. legal sense (for which other evidence seems to be lacking): a judge (usually the Lord Chancellor) responsible for committing the care of a person deemed incapable to another person, the committee (committee n.¹ 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > entrusting to another's care or keeping > putting incapable person into another's care

committor1692

committal1794

commitment1826

1692 L. D. Check to Debauchery Contents. sig. B6 Fornication, &c. Dishonourable and Disgraceful to the committors thereof.

1777 Acct. Life Rev. Dr. Dodd 39 The committor repented [the act]..and was fully convicted in his own mind of the heinousness of it, before the fear of punishment came upon him.

1795 Morning Chron. 16 July Crimes take different hues from the rank of the committors.

1846 ‘Proteus’ Social Infl. III. xii. 76 The lowly committor of a fault.

1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. at Committee The person to whom the care of an idiot or lunatic is committed, the Lord Chancellor being the committor.

1891 N.E.D. Committor, a judge (usually the Lord Chancellor) who commits a lunatic or idiot to the charge of another.

1958 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 66 533/1 Actions against which, not only society, but also the committor himself has to be protected.

1972 Amer. Jrnl. Jurispr. 17 114 The various species of commitment—the ‘New Year's Resolution’ type, in which the committor binds himself to himself; the ‘promise’ sort, in which the committor binds himself to another.

2011 B. A. Garner Garner's Dict. Legal Usage (rev. ed.) 178/2 Committor is an uncommon legal term for ‘a judge who commits an insane or mentally retarded person to the charge of another’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	committor
释义	committorn. Brit. /kəˈmɪtə/, U.S. /kəˈmɪdər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: commit v., -or suffix. Etymology: < commit v. + -or suffix. Compare earlier committer n. Now rare. = committer n.In N.E.D. (1891) and some other dictionaries, in a spec. legal sense (for which other evidence seems to be lacking): a judge (usually the Lord Chancellor) responsible for committing the care of a person deemed incapable to another person, the committee (committee n.¹ 2). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > entrusting to another's care or keeping > putting incapable person into another's care committor1692 committal1794 commitment1826 1692 L. D. Check to Debauchery Contents. sig. B6 Fornication, &c. Dishonourable and Disgraceful to the committors thereof. 1777 Acct. Life Rev. Dr. Dodd 39 The committor repented [the act]..and was fully convicted in his own mind of the heinousness of it, before the fear of punishment came upon him. 1795 Morning Chron. 16 July Crimes take different hues from the rank of the committors. 1846 ‘Proteus’ Social Infl. III. xii. 76 The lowly committor of a fault. 1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. at Committee The person to whom the care of an idiot or lunatic is committed, the Lord Chancellor being the committor. 1891 N.E.D. Committor, a judge (usually the Lord Chancellor) who commits a lunatic or idiot to the charge of another. 1958 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 66 533/1 Actions against which, not only society, but also the committor himself has to be protected. 1972 Amer. Jrnl. Jurispr. 17 114 The various species of commitment—the ‘New Year's Resolution’ type, in which the committor binds himself to himself; the ‘promise’ sort, in which the committor binds himself to another. 2011 B. A. Garner Garner's Dict. Legal Usage (rev. ed.) 178/2 Committor is an uncommon legal term for ‘a judge who commits an insane or mentally retarded person to the charge of another’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1692
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