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Commending
(gcide) | 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.
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His eye commends the leading to his hand. --Shak.
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Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. --Luke
xxiii. 46.
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2. To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present
as worthy of notice or favorable attention.
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Among the objects of knowledge, two especially
commend themselves to our contemplation. --Sir M.
Hale.
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I commend unto you Phebe our sister. --Rom. xvi. 1.
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3. To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a
person or an act.
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Historians commend Alexander for weeping when he
read the actions of Achilles. --Dryden.
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4. To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and
good will. [Archaic]
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Commend me to my brother. --Shak.
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recommending
(encz) | recommending,doporučující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Recommending
(gcide) | Recommend \Rec`om*mend"\ (r?k`?m*m?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Recommended; p. pr. & vb. n. Recommending.] [Pref. re- +
commend: cf. F. recommander.]
1. To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit
to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with
favoring representations; to put in a favorable light
before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he
recommended resting the mind and exercising the body.
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Maecenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus,
whose praises . . . have made him precious to
posterity. --Dryden.
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2. To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
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A decent boldness ever meets with friends,
Succeeds, and e'en a stranger recommends. --Pope.
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3. To commit; to give in charge; to commend.
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Paul chose Silas and departed, being recommended by
the brethren unto the grace of God. --Acts xv. 40.
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