Commend Definition

kə-mĕnd

commended, commends

verb

commended, commends

To express approval of; praise.

Webster's New World

To mention as worthy of attention; recommend.

Webster's New World

To put in the care of another; entrust.

Webster's New World

To cause to be worthy of recommendation.

There is much about her book to commend it.

American Heritage

To transmit the kind regards of.

Webster's New World

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noun

Wiktionary

(obsolete, in the plural) Compliments; greetings.

Wiktionary

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Origin of Commend

Middle English commenden from Latin commendāre com- intensive pref. com– mandāre to entrust man-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin commendare (“to praise”), from com- + mandare (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dare (“to put”).

From Wiktionary