Verb: recommit (recommitted,recommitting) ,ree-ku'mit
- Commit again
"It was recommitted into her custody"
- Commit once again, as of a crime
"The ex-convict recommitted the same offence shortly after his release"
- Send back to a committee
"The bill was recommitted three times in the House"
Derived forms: recommitting, recommits, recommitted
Type of: commit, confide, entrust, intrust [archaic], perpetrate, pull [informal], refer, trust
Encyclopedia: Recommit