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Commend
Definitions
- 1 Commendation; praise. obsolete
"He had need meane better, then his outward ſhew Can any way ſpeake in his iuſt commend:"
- 2 Compliments; greetings. in-plural, obsolete
"Hearty commends and much endeared love unto you."
- 1 To congratulate or reward. transitive
"The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building."
- 2 express approbation of wordnet
- 3 To praise or acclaim. transitive
"The new law has little to commend it: it even worsens the legal certainty of the nation."
- 4 mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship wordnet
- 5 To entrust or commit to the care of someone else. transitive
"After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping."
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- 6 express a good opinion of wordnet
- 7 To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill; give regards from transitive
"Commend me to my brother."
- 8 give to in charge wordnet
- 9 To recommend. transitive
"Among the objects of knowledge, two especially […] commend themselves to our contemplation."
- 10 present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence wordnet
- 11 To adorn; to set off. dated, transitive
Etymology
From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.
From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.
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