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com⋅mend

  [kuh-mend]
Use commending in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME commenden < L commendāre, equiv. to com- com- + -mendāre, comb. form of mandāre; see mandate

Related forms:
com⋅mend⋅a⋅ble, adjective
com⋅mend⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
com⋅mend⋅a⋅bly, adverb
com⋅mend⋅er, noun
com⋅mend⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. acclaim, laud, extol. See approve. 2. commit, consign, relegate, convey.

Antonyms:
1. censure.
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com·mend   (kə-měnd')   
tr.v.   com·mend·ed, com·mend·ing, com·mends
  1. To represent as worthy, qualified, or desirable; recommend.
  2. To express approval of; praise. See Synonyms at praise.
  3. To commit to the care of another; entrust.

[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.
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