recommit

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verb

To commit again.

OriginEnglish commit ← Middle English committen ← Latin committō →
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Meanings

verbrecommit (third-person singular simple present recommits, present participle recommitting, simple past and past participle recommitted)

present singular third person recommits · participle present recommitting · participle past recommitted · past recommitted

  1. To commit again.

    The new Legal Services Corporation bill was returned to the House last Wednesday, where the conference committee's version will have to be approved. McDonald may, if he desires, move to recommit the measure, but he cannot offer an amendment.

    1977 December 10, David Brill, “Conferees Kill Gay Legal Aid Ban”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 23, page 1
nounrecommit (plural recommits)

plural recommits

  1. computingA second or subsequent commit.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Latincommittō
  7. Middle Englishcommitten
  8. Englishcommit
  9. Englishrecommit

From re- + commit.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with recommit

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Cite this entry
APA

recommit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recommit

MLA

“recommit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recommit. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recommit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recommit.

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