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- verb archaic Second-person singular present simple form of
commit
Etymologies
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Examples
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Neither shalt thou by any other meanes more suddenly approch to thy ruine and destruction, then if thou committest thy selfe to the gouernment of such men, who to the vttermost of their power, although they be of thine owne brood, dayly seeke thine ouerthrow for their owne priuate aduantage and secret malice.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Neither shalt thou by any other meanes more suddenly approch to thy ruine and destruction, then if thou committest thy selfe to the gouernment of such men, who to the vttermost of their power, although they be of thine owne brood, dayly seeke thine ouerthrow for their owne priuate aduantage and secret malice.
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¶ I know E'phra-im, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O E'phra-im, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
Hosea 5. 1999
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Thou, that sayest men should not commit adultery, committest adultery: thou, that abhorrest idols, committest sacrilege:
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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Thou, that sayest men should not commit adultery, committest adultery: thou, that abhorrest idols, committest sacrilege:
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 52: Romans The Challoner Revision
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Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
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Thou, that sayest men should not commit adultery, committest adultery: thou, that abhorrest idols, committest sacrilege:
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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Art thou not conscious then of the sin thou committest, since thou dost not salute this foremost one of the Vrishni's race?
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Therefore, if thou committest a deadly sin thou art guilty of all these and incurrest their consequences.
Meister Eckhart's Sermons / first time translated into English by Claud Field c. 1260-1327 1909
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To-day thou confessest thy sins, and to-morrow thou committest again the sins thou didst confess.
XXII. Book I: Admonitions Profitable for the Spiritual Life. Of the Contemplation of Human Misery 1909
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