Commissariat

[Fr.; Sp. comisariáto.] ( Mil.) Office or employment of a commi ary; or, the whole body of officers in the commi ary's department. - That branch of a military service which has the charge of supplying provisions for the troops. separates the right from the left hemisphere. - See BRAIN, and DURA MATER. ( Bot .) The inner face of the carpels of umbelliferæ; also a point where many parts are united together. Commit', v. a. [Lat.commit to- con , and mit to , to send.] To put into the hands or power of another; to intrust; to consign; to deposit; to send to prison; as, to commit one's self to God. "Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave." Shaks. -To do; to enact; to perform; to perpetrate; to effect; as, to commit a felony. "A creeping young fellow committed matrimony with a brisk, gamesome la ." - L'Estrange. -To endanger; to put to hazard; to place beyond one's control; to pledge by some act or step; used, for the most part, reflexively; as, he is committed to his party. "You might have satisfied every duty of political friendship without committing the honor of your sovereign." - Junius.