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commend
- /kəˈmɛnd/
Rhymes with -ɛnd
Where it comes from
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.
verb commends · commending · commended
- To congratulate or reward. The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.
- To praise or acclaim. The new law has little to commend it: it even worsens the legal certainty of the nation.
- To entrust or commit to the care of someone else. After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping.
- To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill; give regards from Commend me to my brother.
- To recommend. Among the objects of knowledge, two especially […] commend themselves to our contemplation.
- To adorn; to set off.
noun commends
- Commendation; praise. He had need meane better, then his outward ſhew Can any way ſpeake in his iuſt commend:
- Compliments; greetings. Hearty commends and much endeared love unto you.
