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commend(2)(dictionary)
commend(dictionary)

commend(2) (iou)



commend verb. ME.
[Latin commendare, formed as COM- + mandare commit, entrust: cf. COMMAND verb.]
verb trans. Mention or present as worthy of acceptance or approval; praise, extol; recommend. ME.
highly commended (of a competitor) just missing the prize-list.
J. London He had been commended for his brilliant description of the Socialist meeting. F. M. Nichols It commends itself to all the theologians who are either learned, or honest and candid. E. Bowen Mr. Lee-Mittison..commended him to their good graces with a general wave of the hand.
b. verb trans. Esp. in greetings: recommend (oneself, another) to kindly remembrance, convey kind greetings from (a person) to another. arch. LME.
commend me to give my kind greetings to; colloq. give me by choice, (iron.) I prefer.
c. verb intrans. Give praise. M18.
verb trans. Entrust, commit, (to, now only to a person's care or keeping). LME.
T. Becon Commend to memory the fifteenth chapter of Corinthians. J. Buchan I commended my soul to my Maker.
verb trans. Adorn, grace. M16-M17.
verb trans. Ecclesiastical History. Bestow in commendam. E17.
verb trans. Hist. Place under the personal protection of a feudal lord. M19.
commender noun (now rare) L16.