commend
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin commendare (“to praise”), from com- + mandare (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dare (“to put”).
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commend (third-person singular simple present commends, present participle commending, simple past and past participle commended)
- To congratulate or reward.
- To praise or acclaim.
- To entrust or commit to the care of someone else
- To force in a mental way
[edit] Translations
to congratulate or reward
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to praise
to entrust
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- commend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- commend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- commend at OneLook Dictionary Search
