All 3 Uses of
commend
in
King Lear
- —For you, Edmund, Whose virtue and obedience doth this instant So much commend itself, you shall be ours: Natures of such deep trust we shall much need; You we first seize on.†
Scene 2.1 *
- My lord, when at their home I did commend your highness' letters to them, Ere I was risen from the place that show'd My duty kneeling, came there a reeking post, Stew'd in his haste, half breathless, panting forth From Goneril his mistress salutations; Deliver'd letters, spite of intermission, Which presently they read: on whose contents, They summon'd up their meiny, straight took horse; Commanded me to follow and attend The leisure of their answer; gave me cold looks: And meeting…†
Scene 2.4
- Sir, I do know you; And dare, upon the warrant of my note, Commend a dear thing to you.†
Scene 3.1
Definition:
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(commend as in: I commend your effort) praise or recommend