mid-14c., comenden, from Latin commendare "to commit to the care or keeping (of someone), to entrust to; to commit to writing;" hence "to set off, render agreeable, praise," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + mandare "to commit to one's charge" (see mandate (n.)). In some senses, a shortening of recommend. Related: Commended; commending.
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1. I commend Ms.Orth on writing such an informative article.
私は奥さんがこのような詳細な内容の文章を書いたことに賛辞を表します。
2.The Prime Minister 's initiative has much to commend it.
首相の新しい案には称賛される点が少なくない。
3.I can commend it to him as a realistic course of action.
これを確実で実行可能な処理方法として彼に推薦することができます。
4.Both readers commend Knutson for his scrupulous attention to detail.