commend

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to express approval of

   I comend your good taste.

2. 2
   verb

   to give to in charge

   I commend my children to you

3. 3
   verb

   to present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence

   I like to think that my paintings commend me to the artistic world.

4. 4
   verb

   To congratulate or reward.

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

5. 5
   verb

   To praise or acclaim.

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

6. 6
   verb

   To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.

   After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping.

7. 7
   verb

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

   Commend me to my brother.

8. 8
   verb

   To recommend.

   Among the objects of knowledge, two especially […] commend themselves to our contemplation.

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.