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commend

verb
/kəˈmɛnd/

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.

  1. derived from commendō — “commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”
  2. derived from comender
  3. inherited from commenden

Definitions

  1. To congratulate or reward.

    • The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.

  2. To praise or acclaim.

    • The new law has little to commend it: it even worsens the legal certainty of the nation.
    • 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.

  3. 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.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill

      To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill; give regards from

      • Commend me to my brother.

    2. To recommend.

      • Among the objects of knowledge, two especially […] commend themselves to our contemplation.
      • I commend vnto you Phebe our sister, which is a seruant of the Church which is at Cenchrea:

    3. To adorn

      To adorn; to set off.

    4. Commendation

      Commendation; praise.

      • He had need meane better, then his outward ſhew Can any way ſpeake in his iuſt commend:

    5. Compliments

      Compliments; greetings.

      • Hearty commends and much endeared love unto you.

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Derived

commendability, commender, commendingly, commendment, discommend, overcommend, uncommended

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at commend. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01commend02acclaim03compliment04praise05favourable06approving07commending

A definitional loop anchored at commend. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at commend

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA