Commend meaning

kə-mĕnd'
The definition of commend means to recommend or praise someone or leave someone in the care of another.

An example of commend is giving someone an excellent job reference.

An example of commend is to turn over the care of a elderly parent to a nursing home.

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To commit to the care of another; entrust.

Commended the orphans to the care of a guardian.

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To express approval of; praise.
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To express approval of; praise.

Commended the volunteers for their hard work.

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To put in the care of another; entrust.
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To mention as worthy of attention; recommend.
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To transmit the kind regards of.
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To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
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To force in a mental way.
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(obsolete) Commendation; praise.
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(obsolete, in the plural) Compliments; greetings.
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To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill.
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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

Commend Sentence Examples

  • I cannot sufficiently commend that view.

  • Wherever the cake is the main product, expression will commend itself as the most advantageous process.

  • But these hypotheses do not commend themselves, and we accept the tradition that Jesus taught that his death was an atonement for others.

  • This famous compact was the work of John of Nassau, at that time governor of Gelderland, and did not at first commend itself to his brother.

  • An attack from the Trentino with the object of cutting the Italian communications with the Julian front, and so bottling Cadorna's main force in what Krauss calls " the Venetian sack," was an operation which could not but commend itself to the Austrian general staff.

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