committedadj.

Brit.

/kəˈmɪtᵻd/, U.S.

/kəˈmɪdᵻd/

Forms: 1500s–1700s 1900s– commited, 1500s– committed, 1600s comited.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: commit v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < commit v. + -ed suffix¹.In quot. 1959 at sense 5a after French engagé (see engagé adj. and compare engaged adj. 4). Compare commitment n. 7b and the discussion at that entry.

1. Of an act, esp. a crime, etc.: that has been done, performed, or carried out; perpetrated. Cf. commit v. II.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > carrying out > [adjective] > executed or performed > of something bad

perpetrate1472

perpetrated1552

committed1555

trespassed1631

1555 Certayne Questions sig. A.ij Whether the boddy of the rellme, may pardone the committed treasone vnto the parsone of the prince.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G4 The dire thought of his committed euill.

1647 tr. J. Böhme Way to Christ i. 7 He..will begin to bewaile his committed sinnes.

1660 T. M. Walker's Hist. Independency IV. 10 The sad remembrance of their committed crimes.

1722 L. Herbert Medit. each Sunday 22 in Several Excellent Methods hearing Mass What confusion will it be to a soul to have all her committed evil, and omitted good exposed.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xii. 65 Such a committed rashness as he threatens Mr. Solmes with.

1819 J. W. Polidori Ximenes ii. i. 26 God could never hearken to his prayers, Since he regrets not his committed sins.

1857 Fraser's Mag. 56 674 Jobares was an easily committed scribal corruption of Jomanes.

1951 H. R. Zimmer Philos. India iii. i. 249 The flow entering the clear body darkens it, infecting it with the color..corresponding to the moral character of the committed act.

2012 M. F. H. Hirst Ballin Anticipative Criminal Investig. i. ii. 139 Under Title V the reasonable suspicion shall not concern a committed crime, but the planning or commission of serious..crimes in an organized context.

†2. Of power, authority, a duty, etc.: that has been entrusted or delegated to another. Also: (of a person or group) that has been entrusted with a duty, undertaking, etc.; to whom power or authority has been delegated. Cf. commit v. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > delegated authority > [adjective] > delegated or entrusted to a deputy

committed1585

delegated1590

delegative1601

demandated1640

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > entrusted to another's care or keeping

reposed?1569

committed1585

entrusteda1586

consigned1609

concredita1614

betrusted1691

concredited1802

confided1841

1585 J. Sharrock tr. C. Ocland Valiant Actes & Victorious Battailes Eng. Nation ii. sig. H3 Lord Dudley his committed [L. commissum] charge respectes with wondrous care.

1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel ii. 91 Making those matters whatsoeuer, which her highnes..shall by her absolute authoritie effect in her owne proper person: to be lesse admirable by many degrees, then those which were wrought before, by the Lord Chancellor his committed power.

1605 tr. Proclimation Gen. Estates Vnited Low-countreys 3 We doe ordaine and giue commission to our welbeloued the Estates, Gouernors, and committed counsell of the seuerall Prouinces of Gelderland, and Countie of Sutfen, Holland.

1799 J. Scott tr. Ināyat Allāh Bahar-Danush II. xiii. 106 The care and protection of mankind, (the committed charge and trust of the creator)..was incumbent upon our august genius.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles ix. 207 The Church binds and looses by no inherent, but by a committed, power.

1888 J. C. Jeaffreson Lady Hamilton & Lord Nelson II. iv. 88 Royal commissions of the largest kind may be only verbal, though for the security of both the grantor and grantee of the committed authority it is usual to express their limits precisely in a carefully drawn and solemnly sealed document.

3. That has been imprisoned or placed in custody; incarcerated. Later also: that has been placed in or admitted to a psychiatric hospital or other institution for care or treatment. Cf. commit v. 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [adjective] > committing to custody > committed to custody

committed1646

remanded1837

1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience 79 I have heard a Committed Witch confesse, that she kild one time her dog, another time her Cat (both her imps) for going out & doing so much mischief against her wil.

1649 R. Lovelace To Althea from Prison in Lucasta 98 When (like committed Linnets) I With shriller throat shall sing.

1660 in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1721) I. Introd. p. vii They..took off the Imprisonment of the committed Citizens.

1758 T. Smollett Compl. Hist. Eng. IV. viii. iv. 94 Aaron Smith was examined touching the evidence against the committed lords.

1813 Monthly Mag. Aug. 71/1 Newgate will, in consequence, be released from its numerous debtors, and from such committed persons.

1873 Justice of Peace 11 Jan. 25/3 The purport was to ascertain whether voluntary and committed patients were placed in the same category.

1908 Charities & Commons 27 June 417/2 Sixty-seven per cent of all committed prisoners.

1914 Inebriates Acts: 10th Rep. Inspector for Scotl. 4 in Parl. Papers 1914 (Cd. 7440) XXXVI. 297 This institution continues to be certified as an inebriate reformatory, but..no committed inmates were dealt with in it during the year.

1994 S. K. Hoge in R. Rosner Princ. & Pract. Forensic Psychiatry xx. 127/1 Until the 1960s committed patients were regarded as globally incompetent to make decisions.

4. Chiefly in predicative use. That has given a commitment or undertaking, either explicitly or by implication; that is under an obligation; pledged or bound to a certain course of action. Cf. commit v. 15b, commitment n. 6.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > bound by promise

troth-plighta1300

sworna1325

plightedc1390

assured1426

jurate1433

abjured1552

sure1567

trothed1567

obliged1600

testeda1616

ingudged1650

betrothed1651

sacramental1785

undertaking1786

oath-bound1795

committed1821

word-bound1836

tied1876

1821 L.H. Clarke Deb. & Proc. Convent. State New-York 13/1 He would therefore vote against it, without feeling himself committed to oppose it, when it should be brought forward at a proper time.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott II. ii. 43 The printer..must have felt himself committed to the bookseller, and could hardly refuse with decency to take a certain share of the pecuniary risk.

1866 Railway News 25 Aug. 193/1 The board will..avoid all capital expenditure beyond that to which the company is unavoidably committed.

1938 W. Lippmann Good Society (1944) iii. xi. 205 And that substance..is that men cannot undo the consequences of the industrial revolution, that they are committed to the new mode of production.

1974 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 68 317/2 Socrates may have thought that to know the good was to be unavoidably committed to doing the good.

2014 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 11 Nov. 15 a The man who..gained the Oval Office as an antiwar candidate declaring the Iraq invasion an unnecessary, ‘dumb’ enterprise now finds himself committed to pressing on with it.

a. Characterized by commitment; dedicated or devoted to a cause, ideology, activity, person, etc. Cf. commitment n. 7.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > [adjective] > characterized by moral seriousness

committed1844

society > leisure > the arts > artist > [adjective] > involved in social or political issues

committed1844

1844 Vermont Chron. 13 Nov. 1/5 That public print which in this country is most committed to the Tractarian system.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xv. 245 Pompey was deeply committed to Cæsar's agrarian..law.

1912 E. E. Cuthell Imperial Victim II. xii. 261 She was so absorbed by her love for Neipperg, and so deeply committed to him, that the idea of a return to France filled her with horror.

1959 Economist 30 May 858/2 Communists are familiar with the idea of ‘committed’ literature.

1976 Furrow 27 471 I wish only to consider..whether the sole option for a committed Catholic is opposition to the introduction of divorce.

2011 Review (Rio Tinto) Dec. 18/1 The World Nuclear Association (WNA) says it expects Japan to remain committed to a substantial nuclear sector.

b. That has made a commitment to a partner in a long-term romantic relationship; characterized by such commitment. Cf. commitment n. 7c.

ΚΠ

1951 J. West Witch Diggers xii. 338 On the afternoon Korby had..accepted Link in a new way, as her committed husband. She had never done so before.

1965 Jrnl. Marriage & Family 27 164/2 The boy was a fine young man and there was no doubt that the two young people were fully committed to each other.

1977 Vogue 1 Aug. 46/4 A committed marriage is work; twenty-four hours a day of it.

1982 Sun (Baltimore) 16 May t12/5 The ‘informal family’ of..single persons living together with an understanding that they are committed to each other even without marital vows.

1991 Times 30 Nov. 17/6 (advt.) Lady..seeks charming resourceful man..for loving committed relationship.

2010 H. Benson Let's stick Together vi. 117 Maybe it would be good to talk about how we show our commitment to one another and why we know we are committed, as a couple with a future.

Derivatives

coˈmmittedly adv.

ΚΠ

1917 Publishers' Weekly 24 July 157/1 The book..usually implies nothing of its purpose in its title, or else is committedly partisan.

1978 Times 18 Oct. 19/6 He..became concerned in social work and the history and present condition of the English labourer.., joining the Labour Party and working committedly for it.

1989 P. Vincenzi Old Sins xi. 362 As far as Mrs Kelly could make out he didn't see any girls at all. Or certainly not committedly.

2012 G. E. Vaillant Triumphs of Experience iii. 100 He was committedly against the war in Vietnam.

coˈmmittedness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > [noun] > moral seriousness in art

committedness1884

commitment1948

engagement1948

society > leisure > the arts > artist > [noun] > involvement in social or political issues

committedness1884

commitment1948

engagement1948

1884 Lancet 26 Apr. 765/2 It is to be hoped that no false tenacity of opinion or feeling of committedness will prevent the Aylesbury Board from offering Mr. Spencer a just and frank apology.

1958 Listener 17 July 103/1 The kind of self-detachment that makes contemporary talk of committedness sound rather silly.

2014 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 27 May What we need in this country is more committedness, more responsibility, more justice, not less.

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

单词	committed
释义	committedadj. Brit. /kəˈmɪtᵻd/, U.S. /kəˈmɪdᵻd/ Forms: 1500s–1700s 1900s– commited, 1500s– committed, 1600s comited. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: commit v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < commit v. + -ed suffix¹.In quot. 1959 at sense 5a after French engagé (see engagé adj. and compare engaged adj. 4). Compare commitment n. 7b and the discussion at that entry. 1. Of an act, esp. a crime, etc.: that has been done, performed, or carried out; perpetrated. Cf. commit v. II. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > [adjective] > executed or performed > of something bad perpetrate1472 perpetrated1552 committed1555 trespassed1631 1555 Certayne Questions sig. A.ij Whether the boddy of the rellme, may pardone the committed treasone vnto the parsone of the prince. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G4 The dire thought of his committed euill. View more context for this quotation 1647 tr. J. Böhme Way to Christ i. 7 He..will begin to bewaile his committed sinnes. 1660 T. M. Walker's Hist. Independency IV. 10 The sad remembrance of their committed crimes. 1722 L. Herbert Medit. each Sunday 22 in Several Excellent Methods hearing Mass What confusion will it be to a soul to have all her committed evil, and omitted good exposed. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xii. 65 Such a committed rashness as he threatens Mr. Solmes with. 1819 J. W. Polidori Ximenes ii. i. 26 God could never hearken to his prayers, Since he regrets not his committed sins. 1857 Fraser's Mag. 56 674 Jobares was an easily committed scribal corruption of Jomanes. 1951 H. R. Zimmer Philos. India iii. i. 249 The flow entering the clear body darkens it, infecting it with the color..corresponding to the moral character of the committed act. 2012 M. F. H. Hirst Ballin Anticipative Criminal Investig. i. ii. 139 Under Title V the reasonable suspicion shall not concern a committed crime, but the planning or commission of serious..crimes in an organized context. †2. Of power, authority, a duty, etc.: that has been entrusted or delegated to another. Also: (of a person or group) that has been entrusted with a duty, undertaking, etc.; to whom power or authority has been delegated. Cf. commit v. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > [adjective] > delegated or entrusted to a deputy committed1585 delegated1590 delegative1601 demandated1640 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > entrusted to another's care or keeping reposed?1569 committed1585 entrusteda1586 consigned1609 concredita1614 betrusted1691 concredited1802 confided1841 1585 J. Sharrock tr. C. Ocland Valiant Actes & Victorious Battailes Eng. Nation ii. sig. H3 Lord Dudley his committed [L. commissum] charge respectes with wondrous care. 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel ii. 91 Making those matters whatsoeuer, which her highnes..shall by her absolute authoritie effect in her owne proper person: to be lesse admirable by many degrees, then those which were wrought before, by the Lord Chancellor his committed power. 1605 tr. Proclimation Gen. Estates Vnited Low-countreys 3 We doe ordaine and giue commission to our welbeloued the Estates, Gouernors, and committed counsell of the seuerall Prouinces of Gelderland, and Countie of Sutfen, Holland. 1799 J. Scott tr. Ināyat Allāh Bahar-Danush II. xiii. 106 The care and protection of mankind, (the committed charge and trust of the creator)..was incumbent upon our august genius. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles ix. 207 The Church binds and looses by no inherent, but by a committed, power. 1888 J. C. Jeaffreson Lady Hamilton & Lord Nelson II. iv. 88 Royal commissions of the largest kind may be only verbal, though for the security of both the grantor and grantee of the committed authority it is usual to express their limits precisely in a carefully drawn and solemnly sealed document. 3. That has been imprisoned or placed in custody; incarcerated. Later also: that has been placed in or admitted to a psychiatric hospital or other institution for care or treatment. Cf. commit v. 4. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [adjective] > committing to custody > committed to custody committed1646 remanded1837 1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience 79 I have heard a Committed Witch confesse, that she kild one time her dog, another time her Cat (both her imps) for going out & doing so much mischief against her wil. 1649 R. Lovelace To Althea from Prison in Lucasta 98 When (like committed Linnets) I With shriller throat shall sing. 1660 in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1721) I. Introd. p. vii They..took off the Imprisonment of the committed Citizens. 1758 T. Smollett Compl. Hist. Eng. IV. viii. iv. 94 Aaron Smith was examined touching the evidence against the committed lords. 1813 Monthly Mag. Aug. 71/1 Newgate will, in consequence, be released from its numerous debtors, and from such committed persons. 1873 Justice of Peace 11 Jan. 25/3 The purport was to ascertain whether voluntary and committed patients were placed in the same category. 1908 Charities & Commons 27 June 417/2 Sixty-seven per cent of all committed prisoners. 1914 Inebriates Acts: 10th Rep. Inspector for Scotl. 4 in Parl. Papers 1914 (Cd. 7440) XXXVI. 297 This institution continues to be certified as an inebriate reformatory, but..no committed inmates were dealt with in it during the year. 1994 S. K. Hoge in R. Rosner Princ. & Pract. Forensic Psychiatry xx. 127/1 Until the 1960s committed patients were regarded as globally incompetent to make decisions. 4. Chiefly in predicative use. That has given a commitment or undertaking, either explicitly or by implication; that is under an obligation; pledged or bound to a certain course of action. Cf. commit v. 15b, commitment n. 6. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > bound by promise troth-plighta1300 sworna1325 plightedc1390 assured1426 jurate1433 abjured1552 sure1567 trothed1567 obliged1600 testeda1616 ingudged1650 betrothed1651 sacramental1785 undertaking1786 oath-bound1795 committed1821 word-bound1836 tied1876 1821 L.H. Clarke Deb. & Proc. Convent. State New-York 13/1 He would therefore vote against it, without feeling himself committed to oppose it, when it should be brought forward at a proper time. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott II. ii. 43 The printer..must have felt himself committed to the bookseller, and could hardly refuse with decency to take a certain share of the pecuniary risk. 1866 Railway News 25 Aug. 193/1 The board will..avoid all capital expenditure beyond that to which the company is unavoidably committed. 1938 W. Lippmann Good Society (1944) iii. xi. 205 And that substance..is that men cannot undo the consequences of the industrial revolution, that they are committed to the new mode of production. 1974 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 68 317/2 Socrates may have thought that to know the good was to be unavoidably committed to doing the good. 2014 Baltimore Sun (Nexis) 11 Nov. 15 a The man who..gained the Oval Office as an antiwar candidate declaring the Iraq invasion an unnecessary, ‘dumb’ enterprise now finds himself committed to pressing on with it. 5. a. Characterized by commitment; dedicated or devoted to a cause, ideology, activity, person, etc. Cf. commitment n. 7. ΘΚΠ society > morality > [adjective] > characterized by moral seriousness committed1844 society > leisure > the arts > artist > [adjective] > involved in social or political issues committed1844 1844 Vermont Chron. 13 Nov. 1/5 That public print which in this country is most committed to the Tractarian system. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xv. 245 Pompey was deeply committed to Cæsar's agrarian..law. 1912 E. E. Cuthell Imperial Victim II. xii. 261 She was so absorbed by her love for Neipperg, and so deeply committed to him, that the idea of a return to France filled her with horror. 1959 Economist 30 May 858/2 Communists are familiar with the idea of ‘committed’ literature. 1976 Furrow 27 471 I wish only to consider..whether the sole option for a committed Catholic is opposition to the introduction of divorce. 2011 Review (Rio Tinto) Dec. 18/1 The World Nuclear Association (WNA) says it expects Japan to remain committed to a substantial nuclear sector. b. That has made a commitment to a partner in a long-term romantic relationship; characterized by such commitment. Cf. commitment n. 7c. ΚΠ 1951 J. West Witch Diggers xii. 338 On the afternoon Korby had..accepted Link in a new way, as her committed husband. She had never done so before. 1965 Jrnl. Marriage & Family 27 164/2 The boy was a fine young man and there was no doubt that the two young people were fully committed to each other. 1977 Vogue 1 Aug. 46/4 A committed marriage is work; twenty-four hours a day of it. 1982 Sun (Baltimore) 16 May t12/5 The ‘informal family’ of..single persons living together with an understanding that they are committed to each other even without marital vows. 1991 Times 30 Nov. 17/6 (advt.) Lady..seeks charming resourceful man..for loving committed relationship. 2010 H. Benson Let's stick Together vi. 117 Maybe it would be good to talk about how we show our commitment to one another and why we know we are committed, as a couple with a future. Derivatives coˈmmittedly adv. ΚΠ 1917 Publishers' Weekly 24 July 157/1 The book..usually implies nothing of its purpose in its title, or else is committedly partisan. 1978 Times 18 Oct. 19/6 He..became concerned in social work and the history and present condition of the English labourer.., joining the Labour Party and working committedly for it. 1989 P. Vincenzi Old Sins xi. 362 As far as Mrs Kelly could make out he didn't see any girls at all. Or certainly not committedly. 2012 G. E. Vaillant Triumphs of Experience iii. 100 He was committedly against the war in Vietnam. coˈmmittedness n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > [noun] > moral seriousness in art committedness1884 commitment1948 engagement1948 society > leisure > the arts > artist > [noun] > involvement in social or political issues committedness1884 commitment1948 engagement1948 1884 Lancet 26 Apr. 765/2 It is to be hoped that no false tenacity of opinion or feeling of committedness will prevent the Aylesbury Board from offering Mr. Spencer a just and frank apology. 1958 Listener 17 July 103/1 The kind of self-detachment that makes contemporary talk of committedness sound rather silly. 2014 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 27 May What we need in this country is more committedness, more responsibility, more justice, not less. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1555
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