commending

Verb

commend (third-person singular simple present commends, present participle commending, simple past and past participle commended)

1. (transitive) To congratulate or reward.
   • The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.

   Synonyms:

   felicitate, take one's hat off to

2. (transitive) To praise or acclaim.
   • The new law has little to commend it: it even worsens the legal certainty of the nation.

   Synonyms:

   exalt, extol, laud, aggrandize, applaud, enthrone, appraise, belaud, bepraise, cry up

3. (transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
   • After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping.
4. (transitive) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill; give regards from
   • Commend me to my brother.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
5. (transitive) To recommend.
   • Among the objects of knowledge, two especially […] commend themselves to our contemplation.a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...
6. (dated, transitive) To adorn; to set off.

   Synonyms:

   array, deck, ornament, adore, adorn, apparel, invest, detail, beautify, bedeck

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