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Definition

praise or recommend

I commend you for a good job.

commend = praise

This letter from Bellario doth commend a young and learned doctor to our court.
William Shakespeare -- The Merchant of Venice

commend = express a favorable opinion

I commend the Catholic leaders of this state for integrating Spring Hill College several years ago.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Letter from a Birmingham Jail

commend = praised

Commend me to your daughter.
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

commend = praise

I commend your pains;
And everyone shall share i' the gains.
William Shakespeare -- Macbeth

commend = praise

Flatter and praise, commend, extol their graces;
William Shakespeare -- The Two Gentlemen of Verona

commend = publicly express a favorable opinion

such carping is not commendable.
William Shakespeare -- Much Ado About Nothing

commendable = deserving of praise

(Editor's note: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.)

the King's Majesty commends his good opinion of you
William Shakespeare -- Henry VIII

commends = expresses (a favorable opinion — possibly in a message)

O, let us have him, for his silver hairs
Will purchase us a good opinion
And buy men's voices to commend our deeds.
William Shakespeare -- Julius Caesar

commend = express a favorable opinion of

Commend my best obedience to the queen;
William Shakespeare -- The Winter's Tale

commend = express a favorable opinion of

Commend me to my cousin Westmoreland.
William Shakespeare -- Henry IV, Part 2

commend = recommend (express a favorable opinion of)

Father, into Thy hands I commend her spirit.
Katherine Paterson -- Bridge to Terabithia
That could be a commendable quality.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

(Editor's note: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.)

And then on that day when the cousin had commended the country wife and laughed at the city wife, that had passed which could not be forgiven.
Pearl S. Buck -- The Good Earth
She wasn't sure what to expect, but to her surprise, after closing the door, he'd commended her for all her work.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian
Farewell: Commend me to my kind lord: O, farewell!
William Shakespeare -- Othello, the Moor of Venice
The Major's musical taste has been before alluded to, and his performances on the flute commended.
William Makepeace Thackeray -- Vanity Fair
Very commendable, but I was thinking of your personal future.
Gloria Whelan -- Listening for Lions

(Editor's note: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.)

For a small thing it was a great success, and Jo was more astonished than when her novel was commended and condemned all at once.
Louisa May Alcott -- Little Women
I had a scheme for collecting that ransom without danger of being caught by counterplots that ought to commend itself to professional kidnappers.
O. Henry -- The Ransom of Red Chief

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