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▪ I. commending, vbl. n.|kəˈmɛndɪŋ| [f. commend v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. commend; commendation.
a1400–50Alexander 2346 Þire athils of Atenes..kest vp a crie..in comending of his carpe. a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) I. 27 Bishops and judges..though not made by his commanding are usually by his commending to the king. 1815Scribbleomania 249 It claims high commending. ▪ II. coˈmmending, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That commends. Hence coˈmmendingly adv.
1876G. Meredith Beauch. Career III. vi. 88 Concerning himself, he thought commendingly, a tear would have overcome him. |