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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Commend  \Com*mend"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Commended};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Commending}.]  [L.  commendare  com-  +  mandare  to 
  intrust  to  one's  charge,  enjoin,  command.  Cf  {Command}, 
  {Mandate}.] 
  1.  To  commit,  intrust,  or  give  in  charge  for  care  or 
  preservation. 
 
  His  eye  commends  the  leading  to  his  hand.  --Shak. 
 
  Father,  into  thy  hands  I  commend  my  spirit.  --Luke 
  xxiii.  46. 
 
  2.  To  recommend  as  worthy  of  confidence  or  regard;  to  present 
  as  worthy  of  notice  or  favorable  attention. 
 
  Among  the  objects  of  knowledge,  two  especially 
  commend  themselves  to  our  contemplation.  --Sir  M. 
  Hale. 
 
  I  commend  unto  you  Phebe  our  sister.  --Rom.  xvi.  1. 
 
  3.  To  mention  with  approbation;  to  praise;  as  to  commend  a 
  person  or  an  act 
 
  Historians  commend  Alexander  for  weeping  when  he 
  read  the  actions  of  Achilles.  --Dryden. 
 
  4.  To  mention  by  way  of  courtesy,  implying  remembrance  and 
  good  will  [Archaic] 
 
  Commend  me  to  my  brother.  --Shak. 

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