All 4 Uses of
commend
in
Gulliver's Travels
- He allowed your crimes to be great, but that still there was room for mercy, the most commendable virtue in a prince, and for which his majesty was so justly celebrated.†
Chpt 1 *
- CHAPTER X. [The Luggnaggians commended.†
Chpt 3
- In the trial of persons accused for crimes against the state, the method is much more short and commendable: the judge first sends to sound the disposition of those in power, after which he can easily hang or save a criminal, strictly preserving all due forms of law.†
Chpt 4
- His native country commended.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(commend as in: I commend your effort) praise or recommend