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com·mend
\kəˈmend\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English commenden, from Latin commendare to entrust, recommend, command, from com- + -mendare (from mandare to commit to one's charge, order) — more at mandate
transitive verb
1. : to commit, entrust, or give in charge for care or preservation
< Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit — Lk 23:46 (Authorized Version) >
2.
a. : to recommend as worthy of confidence or regard : present as worthy of notice or favorable attention
< I commend to you our sister Phoebe — Rom 16:1 (Revised Standard Version) >
b. obsolete : offer
< I commend my duty to your lordship — Shakespeare >
3. : to mention with approbation : praise
< they refer to what I am not in the habit of doing and they commend me — S.M.Crothers >
4. archaic : to mention with kindly remembrance and good will
< commend me to my son — William Robertson †1793 >
5. obsolete : to set off advantageously : grace, adorn
6. obsolete : to bestow in commendam
7. in the feudal system : to commit or place as vassal under the protection of a lord — used of oneself or of land
intransitive verb
: to commend or serve as a commendation of something
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