Commit and Dispense

Commit

Commit verb - To put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another.
Usage example: commit only some power to each official

Dispense and commit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dispense" instead a verb "Commit".

Dispense

Dispense verb - To give out (something) to appropriate individuals.

Commit and dispense are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Commit" instead a verb "Dispense".

Common collocations

kind commit kind dispense kind
time commit time dispense time
way commit way dispense way

Both words in one sentence

  • Visual Novel / Koihime†Musou Honor Before Reason - Kan'u and Bachou and many others Toutaku takes it to the extreme in Otome Tairan: after Sousou refuses to dispense any kind of punishment to her for the supposed crimes of her kingdom, she declares to commit Seppuku.
  • On one of the worlds the Sliders visited, the population was kept low by heavy marketing of birth control (billboards advertised "Birth Control Cola"), and by ATMs which dispense free money to anyone willing to enter a lottery in which the winner must commit suicide via poison.
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