the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for or protect [verb (reflexive)] > commit to the care of another (3)
transitive. To place in or into the hands or power of another; to place in or under the care or protection of a person, institution, etc. Formerly…
transitive. To place (a person, thing, matter, etc.) in the power, or at the mercy of someone or something; to consign or resign to the control…
figurative. to fling oneself, one's energies,etc. intoor upon: to enter upon vigorously, take up with impetuous energy, abandon oneself to. Also, t…