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verb

Commend v. t. (past & past part. commended; pres. part. commending)

1.

To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation. "His eye commends the leading to his hand." "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit."

2.

To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention. "Among the objects of knowledge, two especially commend themselves to our contemplation." "I commend unto you Phebe our sister."

3.

To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act. "Historians commend Alexander for weeping when he read the actions of Achilles."

4.

To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will. (Archaic) "Commend me to my brother."

noun

Commend n.

1.

Commendation; praise. (Obs.) "Speak in his just commend."

2.

pl. Compliments; greetings. (Obs.) "Hearty commends and much endeared love to you."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Commend" Quotes from Famous Books

... Messiah is correct, must be decided of course by an appeal to particular predictions. But it is also a matter of reason, and we have a right to argue upon the question from the character of God, and the nature of man. Which of these views the Jewish or the Christian doth most commend itself to the sincere believer in the moral government of God, and the rational and accountable ...

— Five Pebbles from the Brook • George Bethune English

... renewing the pain which a first reading of it gave me. I bless God, who has permitted that your Majesty should overwhelm with bitterness the last years of my life. I cannot admit the demands made in your letter, nor adopt the principles which it contains. I call upon God anew, and commend to Him my cause, which is also wholly His own. I beseech Him to bestow abundant graces on your Majesty, to deliver you from all danger, and to grant you all the mercy which you require." This answer was not waited for. Victor ...

— Pius IX. And His Time • The Rev. AEneas MacDonell

... luxury for the unfortunate than human nature demanded. He had received no tidings of what had befallen the Camp of Tlacuba, and thither he despatched Sandoval, embracing him and saying, 'Look you, since you see that I cannot go to all parts, I commend these labors to you, for, as you perceive, I am wounded and lame. I implore you, take charge of these three camps. I well know that Pedro de Alvarado and his soldiers will have behaved themselves as cavaliers, but I fear ...

— South American Fights and Fighters - And Other Tales of Adventure • Cyrus Townsend Brady

... I commend "Jezebel's Daughter" to my good friend and brother in the art—who will present this last work also to the notice ...

— Jezebel • Wilkie Collins

... Gaya is one of the most holy in all India; and as we are informed in the great work of Dr. Mitra, the later religious books earnestly enjoin that no one should fail, at least once in his lifetime, to visit the spot. They commend the wish for numerous offspring on the ground that, out of the many, one son might visit Gaya, and by performing the rites prescribed in connection with the holy footstep, rescue his father from eternal destruction. The stone is a large hemispherical ...

— Roman Mosaics - Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood • Hugh Macmillan

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