Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To represent as worthy, qualified, or desirable; recommend.
- v. To express approval of; praise. See Synonyms at praise.
- v. To commit to the care of another; entrust.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To commit; deliver with confidence; intrust or give in charge.
- To represent or distinguish as being worthy of confidence, notice, regard, or kindness; recommend or accredit to favor, acceptance, or favorable attention; set forward for notice: sometimes used reflexively: as, this subject commends itself to our careful attention.
- To praise; mention with approbation.
- To bring to the mind or memory of; give or send the greeting of: with a personal pronoun, often reflexive.
- In feudal eccles. law, to place under the control of a lord. See commendation, 4.
- Synonyms and To extol, laud, eulogize, applaud.
- To express approval or praise.
- n. Commendation; compliment; remembrance; greeting.
Wiktionary
- v. To congratulate or reward.
- v. To praise or acclaim.
- v. To entrust or commit to the care of someone else
- v. To force in a mental way
- n. obsolete commendation; praise
- n. obsolete, in the plural compliments; greetings
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.
- v. To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.
- v. To mention with approbation; to praise.
- v. Archaic To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will.
- n. obsolete Commendation; praise.
- n. obsolete Compliments; greetings.
WordNet 3.0
- v. express a good opinion of
- v. give to in charge
- v. mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship
- v. express approval of
- v. present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence
Etymologies
- From Latin commendare ("to praise"), from com- + mandare ("to commit, intrust, enjoin"), from manus ("hand") + dare ("to put"). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English commenden, from Latin commendāre : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + mandāre, to entrust; see man-2 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Pilotshark, I again commend you on your compassionate approach to teh trolls — offering them help to overcome their affliction, rather than simple derision.”
“Actually, what I really want to commend is the book.”
“Whether we may herein commend his prudence I know not; the event does not commend it, for it did not prove at all to his comfort.”
“The president said he wanted to "commend" McCain, who "has already paid a significant political cost for doing the right thing" on immigration.”
“But I see that she does thank the people of NC and I guess "commend" is the same as congratulate.”
“And Rich Bond, a respected former chairman of the Republican National Committee, was a paid consultant to the SEIU for several years, and brokered a deal to have the union "commend" President Bush for broaching the topic of immigration reform, while withholding support for his specific ideas.”
“I want to "commend" this guy for going on Wikipedia and actually having the sense to write a stroy that EVERYONE has been pitching to me since there was a story on AP and Reuters on a possible asteroid impact in 2036.”
“And by "commend," I of course mean chastize for being unoriginal and bland.”
“But one thing that I would kind of commend your attention to is look at the pattern of things that have come up over the last number of years which only mattered for that year.”
“Whereas in the last century and before the devout would have prayed for the souls of the dead, imploring God to show them mercy and compassion instead of dealing with them according to their deserts, today Anglican clergymen suggest that it would be more seemly to 'commend' them to God and give thanks for 'their life and witness.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘commend’.
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Gene Wolfe
Please contribute your favorite words from any of Gene Wolfe’s books to this prize-winning list.
In case you come across words in this list which are too commonplace to fit in, please ...gallipot, roost, badelaire, oblesque, execration, dhole, amschaspand, arctother, chalcedony, penitence, asimi, autarch and 839 more...
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2nd part
prelude, ample, escalate, prototype, accession, acquisition, archives, zealot, indict, verdict, intimidating, timid and 454 more...
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
wrath, leaf, belly, prey, death, break, six, nod, dim, end, inn, judge and 1286 more...
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EN - eloquence in public speaking
Key words from "The Training of a Public Speaker" by Grenville Kleiser (New York and London, 1920)
beget, imago, approbation, orator, peroration, Cicero, eloquence, elocution, rhetoric, premeditate, plead, Isocrates and 264 more...
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jaydrox's list
Mah list!
mediocracy, captivatingly, devastatingly, dazedly, heavenly, flawless, copious, conviction, synoptic, amalgamation, prefatory, precursory and 150 more...
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Shakespeare.05
vaulting, dismal, gory, malice, summons, commend, forswear, dwindle, avarice, pristine, adage, predominance and 2 more...
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Moby Dick
Words of interest from the book Moby Dick.
arrant, obstreperously, coffer-dam, farrago, rejoinder, counterpane, hamper, commend, grego, dreadnought, psalmody, expostulation and 85 more...
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My GRE
concomitant, mendacity, corollary, mandate, ascertain, exacerbate, substantiate, perennial, exemplify, hegemony, acrimonious, repertoire and 653 more...
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From Book - SAT & College Dictionary ...
ebb, exotic, immure, abeyance, panegyric, debonair, protege, dissipate, frantic, penitent, abject, edify and 871 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, C
cryptoxanthin, convent, calcar, chuckle, campanile, covet, complexion, campestral, chirography, counterscarp, caliginous, catabolism and 722 more...
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vocab
hard word word 4 strong vocab
ostracize, importune, impute, scintillate, mulct, deprecate, procrastinate, rusticate, vegetate, expiate, emulate, gesticulate and 345 more...
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2011 August
cajolery, vexing, irk, grindstone, millstone, candid, subterfuge, culprit, arraigned, faltering, modicum, surmise and 58 more...
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Barely Знуги
Words that I sort of know or heard before, bit cannot define incisively
trenchant, commend, treacherous, penchant, diminutive, delinquent, decree, incorrigible, remedy, impudence, effrontery, cheek and 8 more...
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SAT Words That Mean 'To Praise'
A list of positive SAT words that mean 'to praise.' Based on Gruber's SAT Word Master List. Categorizing words according to meaning can help you to memorize more effectively.
acclaim, applaud, commend, eulogize, exalt, extol, flatter, hail, laud, panegyrize, resound, tout
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my words
words that I especially like, for whatever reason
infiltrate, confuzzle, deoxyribonucleic ..., inarticulate, literate, loquacious, incinerate, campfire, asanine, lunacy, inferior, qwerty and 67 more...
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EngagingEnglish
mug, deftly, gauge, billboard, extrovert, assertiveness, sociability, discern, intriguing, stymied, stymie, impart and 71 more...
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