† recommitv.1
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To commit or commend to a person, authority, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > recommendation > recommend [verb (transitive)]
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recommise1427
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prefer1567
wish1612
value1670
moyen1897
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > [verb (transitive)] > commit to God
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recommend1418
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > trust in, rely on [verb (transitive)] > entrust to another
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?1521 J. Fisher Serm. agayn Luther sig. Dvi All the soules yt by his false doctryne he sleeth and murdereth he recommytteth them vnto almyghty god.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 618/1 Beseching the court aforesayd, that they wyll receaue fauorably the sayd Wylliam vnto them thus recommitted.
1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Hist. Venice ii. iii. 199 We ought not to recommit the total of our Fortune..to the uncertain event of Battel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
recommitv.2
/ˌriːkəˈmɪt/, U.S. /ˌrikəˈmɪt/ 1.
a. transitive. To send or refer (a bill, motion, etc.) back to a committee for further consideration.
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society > law > legislation > make (laws) or establish as law [verb (transitive)] > refer to committee > send back to committee
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1606 R. Bowyer Diary 13 Feb. in Parl. Diary (1931) 35 And uppon theis mocions the bill was recommitted to the same parties.
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 85 The House to debate the doubte,..and if the major part doubt, yt may be recommitted.
1646 Leicester Jrnl. 18 Jan. in R. B. Blencowe Sidney Papers (1825) 4 It was likewise recommitted to this Committee to consider how these allowances of moneyes to the suffering Members may be advanced.
1729 Votes & Proc. Pennsylv. Ho. Repr. (1754) III. 72 Ordered, That the said Act be re-committed for several Amendments.
1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 37 The House..agreed to the address; but when a motion was made for its being recommitted [etc.].
a1821 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Writings (1853) I. 10 Their report..which, not being liked, the House recommitted it, on the 26th, and added Mr. Dickinson and myself to the committee.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. ix. 168 A bill may be re-committed generally, or on amendments proposed on the consideration of the report.
1925 Jrnl. Social Forces 3 717/1 Five of fifteen Republican and twelve Democratic votes for the motion to recommit the Ship Subsidy Bill to committee.
1998 Church Times 20 Nov. 8/2 In the first [motion], the business was recommitted, so that the revision committee could revise the text.
b. transitive. To entrust again to a person; (also) to consign again to a place. Now rare.
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a1629 T. Goffe Raging Turke (1631) ii. iii. sig. Dv Take backe thy sword, in that I recommit My forfeit to thy charge, thy life with it.
1666 J. Smith Γηροκομία Βασιλικὴ 233 From whence it [sc. the blood] is recommitted into the right ventricle of the Heart, to be chased the Foyl.
1755 Brit. Indian Interest in E. O′Callaghan Documents Colonial Hist. N.-Y. (1856) VII. 20 The necessity of recommitting Indian Affairs to the Albanian Commissioners.
1783 E. Burke Speech Fox's E. India Bill in Wks. (1826) IV. 111 It is to recommit the government of India to the court of directors.
1850 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Aug. 457 It would hardly be wise to recommit the poor to the care of that church.
1870 R. Anderson Hist. Missions Amer. Board II. xvii. 136 The code was then recommitted to the graduate, with instructions to supply certain deficiencies.
1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel I. xxi. 257 Ayala..was meek, and walked home with her aunt... The pillow-case was recommitted to her.
1926 Times 18 Jan. 9/3 A few human bones..were placed in an oaken casket and recommitted to a place in front of the pillars.
1993 J. Szemiński in G. H. Gossen South & Meso-Amer. Native Spirituality x. 294 That which is recommitted to the earth will be the source of new life.
c. transitive. To commit (a person) again to a prison, custody, etc. Frequently with to.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > imprison [verb (transitive)] > recommit
recommit?c1663
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (transitive)] > commit to custody > recommit to custody
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?c1663 B. Whitelocke Diary (1990) 180 The Commons desired the Lords that the L[ord] Savile might be recommited to the Tower.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 339 The House of Commons..caused them immediately again to be recommitted to the Tower.
1757 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. II. 304 No man, after being enlarged by order of court, can be recommitted for the same offence.
1800 W. Render tr. F. Schiller Armenian III. xi. 178 My examination was then read to me, and after I had confirmed every thing therein, I was recommitted to prison.
1863 Times 11 Feb. Criminals, who are recommitted, after having been convicted of former offences.
1949 Stanford Law Rev. 1 488 The court should have power to recommit the psychopath to the mental institution rather than to try the criminal issue.
1998 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 5 Aug. a1 He will ask the legislature to let doctors recommit patients who stop taking their medications.
2. transitive. To commit or do (an action) again.
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the world > action or operation > repeating > repeat (an action) [verb (transitive)] > repeat a wrong action
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the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)] > something bad > again
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c1625 Partiall Law (1908) 98 Why should women be Blam'd for committing that with one or more, Which men commit and recommit each houre.
1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. xiv. 106 The Inclinations that are begot in us by any act of Sin to recommit it.
1795 tr. L. S. Mercier Fragm. Politics & Hist. II. 467 When you wish to recommit a sin, you must there pay double.
1870 E. S. P. Ward Hedged In ix. 135 That seems now, you know, a great stupidity. Yet I am constantly recommitting it.
1935 Chillicothe (Missouri) Constit. Tribune 24 Dec. 4/6 Some people are always apologizing and recommitting the same offense.
1994 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 16 June a9 Almost all psychopaths will recommit violent offences after being released from institutions.
3. transitive (reflexive). To commit oneself again (to something); to make a renewed commitment. Also intransitive with reflexive meaning.
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1855 J. H. Fairchild Remarkable Incidents xxxiii. 418 He did succeed in obtaining from them a letter, in which they recommitted themselves against me.
1876 Coshocton (Ohio) Age 10 Aug. Men who as late as last June recommitted themselves to the inflation doctrine,..now repudiate the only Presidential..candidates representing their reaffirmed principles.
1911 Times 17 Aug. 3/6 Their unwillingness to recommit themselves to a policy of intervention in Turkish internal affairs.
1990 E. J. Chopich & M. Paul Healing your Aloneness ii. ix. 122 She will not get unstuck until she recommits to becoming fully responsible for herself.
2007 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 1 Dec. 39 Ablett..has until the Christmas break to decide whether to recommit himself or retire.
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