commend

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈmɛnd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd === Verb === commend (third-person singular simple present commends, present participle commending, simple past and past participle commended) (transitive) To congratulate or reward. Synonyms: felicitate, take one's hat off to (transitive) To praise or acclaim. Synonyms: exalt, extol, laud; see also Thesaurus:glorify 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." (transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else. (transitive) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill; give regards from (transitive) To recommend. (transitive, dated) To adorn; to set off. Synonyms: array, deck, ornament; see also Thesaurus:decorate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== commendable commendation commendatory recommend ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== suggest consider approval === Noun === commend (plural commends) (obsolete) Commendation; praise. Synonyms: accolade, commendation, douceur; see also Thesaurus:praise (obsolete, in the plural) Compliments; greetings. Synonym: salutation === Further reading === “commend”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “commend”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “commend”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.