commend.
To congratulate or reward.
Meaning & usage
To congratulate or reward.
The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.
To praise or acclaim.
The new law has little to commend it: it even worsens the legal certainty of the nation.
To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping.
To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill; give regards from
To recommend.
To adorn; to set off.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.
Commendation; praise.
Compliments; greetings.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.
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