All 4 Uses
commend
in
Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
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- O, let us have him, for his silver hairs
Will purchase us a good opinion
And buy men's voices to commend our deeds.p. 59.9 *commend = express a favorable opinion of - And upon my
knees
I charm you, by my once commended beauty,
By all your vows of love, and that great vow
Which did incorporate and make us one,
That you unfold to me, your self, your half,
Why you are heavy, and what men tonight
Have had resort to you; for here have been
Some six or seven who did hide their faces
Even from darkness.†p. 69.4 - —
Run, Lucius, and commend me to my lord.†p. 89.4 - Go and commend me to my brother Cassius.†
p. 175.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(commend as in: I commend her work) praise or recommend
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(2)
(commend as in: I commend her to your care) to entrust to another for future care
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)