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A woman who commits adultery.

To commit adultery. Milton.

To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi.

One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his accomplices. Blount. Burrill.

ment of death; in the dying struggle. -- Lords of the articles (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws. -- The Thirty-nine Articles, statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held by the Church of England.…

y; as, what price do you ask Ask me never so much dowry. Gen. xxxiv. 12. To whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Luke xii. 48. An exigence of state asks a much longer time to conduct a design to maturity. Addison.

To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees. Ashmole.

with a successful, effort. By his blindness maimed for high attempts. Milton. Attempt to commit a crime (Law), such an intentional preparatory act as will apparently result, if not extrinsically hindered, in a crime which it was designed to effect. Wharton.

ait or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon. He was required to attend upon the committee. Clarendon.

Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum. "Audacious cruelty." "Audacious prate." Shak.

The person to whom goods are committed in trust, and who has a temporary possession and a qualified property in them, for the purposes of the trust. Blackstone.

he owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo. Kent. Part.

staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court. Mozley & W.

To give in trust; to commit; to intrust. The keys are to thy hand behight. Spenser.

To give; to offer; to commit. [Obs.] To whom, with all submission, on my knee I do bequeath my faithful services And true subjection everlastingly. Shak.

To commend or intrust to; to commit to. [Obs.]

Delivered; committed in trust. [Obs.]

n writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

To commend; to commit. [Obs.] Chaucer.