Acts that we commit (crime, sin, treason, suicide) are often disapproved. Any reason for that, like a relation to other senses of "commit"?
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@preinfarction Committing can be giving, devoting, dedicating, pledging, entrusting, confining, detaining, perpetrating.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@preinfarction All of those but "perpetrating" obviously code some mental simulation of transfer. But perpetrating?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@preinfarction The other recurring themes in senses of "commit" are imposed obligations and fixity of final location. But re perpetrating?
9:06 AM - 20 Apr 2015
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