All 4 Uses

commend
in
Henry VIII
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the King's Majesty commends his good opinion of you
Scene 2.3 *

commends = expresses (a favorable opinion -- possibly in a message)
Commend me to his Grace; And, if he speak of Buckingham, pray, tell him You met him half in heaven.†
Scene 2.1
In which I have commended to his goodness The model of our chaste loves, his young daughter; The dews of heaven fall thick in blessings on her!†
Scene 4.2
My lord, I love you; And durst commend a secret to your ear Much weightier than this work.†
Scene 5.1

Definitions:

(1) (commend as in: I commend her work)
praise or recommend
(2) (commend as in: I commend her to your care)
to entrust to another for future care
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)