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<h1>Committal</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mit"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of commiting, or the state of being committed; commitment.</def>

<h1>Committee</h1> <Xpage=284>

<hw>Com*mit"tee</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>comit\'82</ets> company, and LL. <ets>comitatus</ets> jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb <ets>commit</ets>, but not directly formed from it. Cf. <er>County</er>.]</ety> <def>One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or bussiness is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Commitee of the whole [house]</col>, <cd>a committee, embracing all the members present, into which a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The <i>committee of the whole<i> has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations.</cd> -- <col>Standing committee</col>. <cd>See under <er>Standing</er>.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Committee</h1> <Xpage=286>

<hw>Com`mit*tee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Commit</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.</def>

<h1>Committeeman</h1> <Xpage=286>

<hw>Com*mit"tee*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A member of a committee.</def>

<h1>Committer</h1> <Xpage=286>

<hw>Com*mit"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who commits; one who does or perpetrates.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fornicator.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>T. Decker.</i>

<h1>Committible</h1> <Xpage=286>

<hw>Com*mit"ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being committed; liable to be committed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Commix</h1> <Xpage=286>

<hw>Com*mix"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Commixed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Commixing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>com</ets>+ + <ets>mix</ets>: cf. L. <ets>commixtus</ets>, p. p.of <ets>commiscere</ets>. See <er>Mix</er>.]</ety> <def>To mix or mingle together; to blend.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>commixed</b> impressions of all the colors do stir up and beget a sensation of white. <i>Sir I. Newton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>commix</b> With winds that sailors rail at. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Commixion</h1> <Xpage=286>

<hw>Com*mix"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Commix</er>.]</ety> <def>Commixture.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Commixtion</h1> <Xpage=286>

<hw>Com*mix"tion</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commixtio</ets>.]</ety> <def>Commixture; mingling.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>An exact <b>commixtion</b> of the ingredients. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>