Commend \Com*mend"\, n. 1. Commendation; praise. [Obs.]
Speak in his just commend. --Shak.
2. pl. Compliments; greetings. [Obs.]
Hearty commends and much endeared love to you. --Howell.
Commend \Com*mend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Commended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Commending}.] [L. commendare; com- + mandare to intrust to one's charge, enjoin, command. Cf. {Command}, {Mandate}.] 1. To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.
His eye commends the leading to his hand. --Shak.
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. --Luke xxiii. 46.
2. To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.
Among the objects of knowledge, two especially commend themselves to our contemplation. --Sir M. Hale.
I commend unto you Phebe our sister. --Rom. xvi. 1.
3. To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act.
Historians commend Alexander for weeping when he read the actions of Achilles. --Dryden.
4. To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will. [Archaic]
Commend me to my brother. --Shak.
I want to commend the Journal for bringing these subjects to the public's attention.
And, frankly, he deserves to have his president and the president's spokesman commend him for the work that he's done in the last two year." Fitzwater said he would not comment on the circumstances of Cavazos' resignation, which occurred Wednesday.
It becomes less and less possible to imagine finding anything similar to commend in any of Fox's new ventures.
Although he was invited back to display his products at a national exhibition in late 1988, and many of the country's leaders stopped by his stand to commend his achievements as an example of private initiative, he wasn't satisfied.
How can he fail to realise that a market economy can only generate government-mandated outcomes after it ceases to be a market economy? If this new approach to trade were indeed restricted to Japan, many might feel it has much to commend it.
U.S. and European government officials generally commend Mr. Attali for his charm and genius, but caution that his ideas and obsessions can sometimes seem harebrained.
"While I commend the president for his desire to be known as `the education president,' I question whether he can achieve that goal by proposing a meager 2 percent increase in the federal spending on education," he told the governors.
Charles Dickens called it "a hotbed of disease, an ugly sepulchre, a grave uncheered by any gleam of promise; a place without one single quality, in earth or air or water, to commend it."
Funny, satirical, highly inventive. Having just broken out of another closed world myself - the Venice Film Festival - I belatedly commend two recent UK openings.
"We commend his spiritual leadership and are proud to have known him.
We commend the Reagan-Bush Administration for its courageous defense of human life in population programs around the world.
Analysts commend Mr. Smith on his push into new services, cost reduction, and drive to make the company a more efficient operation.
The Ramsey Borough Council plans to publicly commend Miss Wenrich at its meeting Nov. 14.
It might seem a backhanded compliment to commend Davis as a master of Massenet style, but there are precious few conductors who are.
National leaders stopped by his stand to commend his achievements.
"I commend you for what you have done in showing what is possible for this country," the mayor told Jackson.
"We commend Coors for taking the initiative in beginning this investigation," said Vernon.
"While this approach might commend itself some years hence, it does not do so at the present time," Rehnquist said.