[kuh-mend] 
| 1. | to present, mention, or praise as worthy of confidence, notice, kindness, etc.; recommend: to commend a friend to another; to commend an applicant for employment. |
| 2. | to entrust; give in charge; deliver with confidence: I commend my child to your care. |
| 3. | to cite or name with approval or special praise: to commend a soldier for bravery. |
| 4. | Feudal Law. to place (oneself or one's land) under another's protection so as to become his vassal. |
| 5. | Archaic. to recommend (a person) to the kind remembrance of another. |
| com·mend (kə-měnd') tr.v. com·mend·ed, com·mend·ing, com·mends
[Middle English commenden, from Latin commendāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + mandāre, to entrust; see man-2 in Indo-European roots.] com·mend'a·ble adj., com·mend'a·ble·ness n., com·mend'a·bly adv. |
