All 4 Uses of
commend
in
The Idiot
- you are candid, however—and that is commendable.†
Chpt 1.1 *commendable = deserving of praisestandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- The prince commended his aspirations with warmth.†
Chpt 4.3
- He had appeared at the Epanchins' today with crape on his hat, and Princess Bielokonski had commended this action on his part.†
Chpt 4.6
- He addressed the prince, who warmly commended his sentiments, though Lebedeff whispered in his ear that this gentleman, who talked so much of his "property," had never had either house or home.†
Chpt 4.10
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