commend

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin commendare (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandare (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dare (“to put”). Doublet of command.

PronunciationEdit

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• Rhymes: -ɛnd

VerbEdit

commend (third-person singular simple present commends, present participle commending, simple past and past participle commended)

1. To congratulate or reward.
2. To praise or acclaim.
   • Dryden

     Historians commend Alexander for weeping when he read the actions of Achilles.

3. To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Luke 23:46:

     Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

4. To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill.
   • Shakespeare

     Commend me to my brother.

5. To recommend.
   • Sir M. Hale

     Among the objects of knowledge, two especially commend themselves to our contemplation.

   • Bible, Romans xvi. 1

     I commend unto you Phoebe our sister.

6. To force in a mental way.

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

Related termsEdit

• commendable
• commendation
• commendatory
• recommend

TranslationsEdit

to congratulate or reward

• Bulgarian: поздравявам (bg) (pozdravjavam)
• Esperanto: gratuli (eo)
• French: féliciter (fr)
• German: belobigen (de), beglückwünschen (de)

• Italian: encomiare (it)
• Portuguese: parabenizar (pt), recompensar (pt)
• Russian: поздравлять (ru) impf (pozdravljatʹ)

to praise

• Bulgarian: хваля (bg) (hvalja), препоръчвам (bg) (preporǎčvam)
• Dutch: prijzen (nl)
• Esperanto: laŭdi
• French: féliciter (fr)
• Friulian: laudâ

• German: loben (de)
• Italian: elogiare (it), lodare (it)
• Portuguese: agradecer (pt)
• Russian: хвалить (ru) impf (xvalitʹ)
• Telugu: మెచ్చుకొను (te) (meccukonu)

to entrust

• Bulgarian: поверявам (bg) (poverjavam)
• Esperanto: konfidi (eo)
• French: recommander (fr)
• German: anvertrauen (de), vertrauensvoll überlassen, betrauen mit (de), anbefehlen, anempfehlen

• Italian: affidare (it), raccomandare (it)
• Portuguese: recomendar (pt)
• Russian: предава́ть (ru) (predavátʹ), вверять (ru) impf (vverjatʹ)

See alsoEdit

• suggest
• consider
• approval

NounEdit

commend (plural commends)

1. (obsolete) commendation; praise
   • Shakespeare

     Speak in his just commend.

2. (obsolete, in the plural) compliments; greetings
   • Howell

     Hearty commends and much endeared love to you.

Further readingEdit

• commend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• commend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• commend at OneLook Dictionary Search