v.
- praise formally or officially.
- present as suitable or good; recommend.
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(commend someone/thing to)
archaic or formal entrust someone or something to.
▸
(commend someone to)
pass on someone's good wishes to.
Derivative
- commendation n.
- commendatory adj.
Etymology
ME: from L. commendare, from com- (expressing intensive force) + mandare ‘commit, entrust’.