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commend en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Commendation; praise.
    • He had need meane better, then his outward ſhew Can any way ſpeake in his iuſt commend: c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
  2. (in-plural, obsolete) Compliments; greetings.
    • Hearty commends and much endeared love unto you. 1655, James Howell, “to Dr. Thomas Prichard at Worcester House”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
commends Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

douceur · laudits · approbation · extolment · praise · laudation · commendation · accolade · salutation · encouragement · tout · compliment · commendation · accolade · commend · encomium · congratulation · approval · douceur · attaboy · appreciation · props

commend en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To congratulate or reward.
    • The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.
  2. (transitive) To praise or acclaim.
    • 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xliiij, leaf 242v Thenne Quene Gueneuer commended hym and soo dyd alle other good knyghtes made moche of hym excepte sire Gawayns bretheren / "Then Queen Guenever commended him, and so did all other good knights make much of him, except Sir Gawaine’s brethren."
    • Segrais on this Subject of a Heroe's ſhedding Tears, obſerves that Hiſtorians commend Alexander for weeping, when he read the mighty Actions of Achilles. 1697, Virgil, “[Dedication of the Æneis]”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page [166]:
    • The new law has little to commend it: it even worsens the legal certainty of the nation.
  3. (transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
    • After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping.
    • Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 23:46:
  4. (transitive) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill; give regards from
    • Commend me to my brother. 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
  5. (transitive) To recommend.
    • I commend vnto you Phebe our sister, which is a seruant of the Church which is at Cenchrea: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 16:1:
    • Among the objects of knowledge, two especially […] commend themselves to our contemplation. a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
  6. (dated, transitive) To adorn; to set off.

Forms

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commending Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
commended Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
commended Tense=Past lexicographic
commends Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

commendingly · uncommended · overcommend · commendability · discommend · commendment · commender

Relateds

consider · approval · commendation · commendable · suggest · recommend · commendatory

Synonyms

dress up · garnish · appraise · felicitate · panegyrize · prettify · praise · adorn · transfigure · eulogize · enrich · extol · embellish · deck · commend · detail · do up · adore · laud · honor · grace · applaud · magnify · decore · belaud · pretty up · bepraise · array · take one's hat off to · deck · beautify · lionize · apparel · laud · ornament · worthy · speak well of · idolize · aggrandize · exalt · betrim · venerate · dub · enthrone · revere · puff · mangonize · decorate · bedeck · invest · extol · exalt · cry up · array · glorify · deck out · ornament · commend

Translations (79)

gl eloxiar (to praise) · hi सराहना (to praise) · pt encomiar (to praise) · hu ajánl (to entrust) · ru предава́ть (to entrust) · enm commenden (to entrust) · es encomiar (to praise) · nl prijzen (to praise) · es cumplimentar (to praise) · es elogiar (to praise) · ru вверять (to entrust) · fa سپردن (to entrust) · xto päl- (to praise) · fi antaa huostaan (to entrust) · pt louvar (to praise) · eo gratuli (to congratulate or reward) · bg поверявам (to entrust) · it lodare (to praise) · fr louer (to praise) · gl loar (to praise) · hu megdicsér (to praise) · enm commenden (to praise) · ca lloar (to praise) · la laudō (to praise) · hu rábíz (to entrust) · bg препоръчвам (to praise) · de vertrauensvoll überlassen (to entrust) · ro felicita (to congratulate or reward) · eo laŭdi (to praise) · it elogiare (to praise) · es recompensar (to congratulate or reward) · fur laudâ (to praise) · enm recommenden (to entrust) · ru поздравлять (to congratulate or reward) · bg поздравявам (to congratulate or reward) · txb päl- (to praise) · es loar (to praise) · pt elogiar (to praise) · ro elogia (to praise) · it raccomandare (to entrust) · ru хвалить (to praise) · ro lăuda (to praise) · de loben (to praise) · hi प्रशंसा करना (to praise) · pt recomendar (to entrust) · de betrauen mit (to entrust) · pt parabenizar (to congratulate or reward) · fa تقدیر کردن (to congratulate or reward) · fr recommander (to entrust) · eo konfidi (to entrust) · fi kiitellä (to praise) · es encomendar (to entrust) · fi onnitella (to congratulate or reward) · bg хваля (to praise) · hu dicsér (to praise) · la commendō (to entrust) · it encomiare (to congratulate or reward) · hu beajánl (to entrust) · gl congratular (to congratulate or reward) · te మెచ్చుకొను (to praise) · fr féliciter (to congratulate or reward) · hu bíz (to entrust) · fi ylistää (to praise) · de anempfehlen (to entrust) · ro recomanda (to entrust) · es congratular (to congratulate or reward) · pt recompensar (to congratulate or reward) · de belobigen (to congratulate or reward) · enm enhauncen (to praise) · fr féliciter (to praise) · fi antaa huomaan (to entrust) · it affidare (to entrust) · de anvertrauen (to entrust) · es felicitar (to congratulate or reward) · de anbefehlen (to entrust) · gl felicitar (to congratulate or reward) · hi सराहना करना (to congratulate or reward) · es alabar (to praise) · de beglückwünschen (to congratulate or reward)