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commit — vb 1 Commit, entrust, confide, consign, relegate are comparable when they mean to assign to a person or place for some definite end or purpose (as custody or safekeeping). Commit is the widest term; it may express merely the general idea of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
commit — verb (committed; committing) Etymology: Middle English committen, from Anglo French committer, from Latin committere to connect, entrust, from com + mittere to send Date: 14th century transitive verb 1 … New Collegiate Dictionary
delegate — del·e·gate 1 / de li gət/ n [Medieval Latin delegatus, from Latin, past participle of delegare to appoint, put in charge]: a person empowered to act on behalf of another: as a: a person who is authorized to perform another s duties under a… … Law dictionary
assign — as·sign 1 /ə sīn/ vt 1: to transfer (property or rights) to another the general practice by inventors of assign ing patent rights J. K. Owens 2: to appoint to a post or duty assign ed to represent the defendant … Law dictionary
Egypt — /ee jipt/, n. 1. Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 64,791,891; 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Cap.: Cairo. Arabic, Misr. Formerly (1958 71), United Arab Republic. 2. an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta… … Universalium
Metapolitefsi — The Metapolitefsi (Greek: Μεταπολίτευση, translated as polity or regime change) was a period in Greek history after the fall of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 that includes the transitional period from the fall of the dictatorship to the… … Wikipedia
delegate — noun /ˈdɛləgət / (say deluhguht), / geɪt/ (say gayt) 1. a person delegated to act for or represent another or others; a deputy; a representative, as at a conference, or the like. –verb (delegated, delegating) –verb (t) /ˈdɛləgeɪt / (say… …
James Bond (film series) — The James Bond film series are spy films inspired by Ian Fleming s novels about the fictional MI6 agent Commander James Bond (codename 007). EON Productions have produced twenty one films between 1962 and 2006, and another film is planned for… … Wikipedia
Crisis (DC Comics) — A crisis in the DC Universe is an event with potentially great consequences, often involving multiple universes and sometimes even threatening their existence. From 1963 to 1985 the term crisis was used to describe the annual events in which the… … Wikipedia
Wu Chengsi — (Chinese: 武承嗣; Pinyin: Wǔ Chéngsì) (d. July 22, 698 [ [http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms bin/kiwi1/luso.sh?lstype=2 dyna=%AD%F0 king=%AAZ%A6Z reign=%B8t%BE%E4 yy=1 ycanzi= mm=8 dd= dcanzi=%A5%B3%A6%A6 兩千年中西曆轉換 ] ] ), formally Prince Xuan of Wei (魏宣王) … Wikipedia
