Word Meanings - COMMEND - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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

Additional info about word: COMMEND

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 knowlwdge, 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. Commend me to my brother. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COMMEND)

• Applaud
• Laud
• praise
• extol
• approve
• eulogize
• commend
• cry up
• magnify
• encourage
• cheer
• Praise Eulogize
• laud
• honor
• glorify
• compliment
• celebrate
• puff
• applaud
• panegyrize
• Recommend
• Commend
• confide
• advise

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COMMEND)

• Blame
• censure
• discommend
• reprove

Related words: (words related to COMMEND)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• CONFIDER
  One who confides.
• CONFIDENCE
  1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South. A cheerful confidence in
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• EXTOLMENT
  Praise. Shak.
• ENCOURAGER
  One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• CONFIDENT
  See DRYDEN
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• CHEERINESS
  The state of being cheery.
• CELEBRATE
  1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. 2. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.
• ADVISER
  One who advises.
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• CHEERISNESS
  Cheerfulness. There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.
• CHEERINGLY
  In a manner to cheer or encourage.
• CHEERER
  One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." Thomson.
• BLAME
  LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• MISADVISE
  To give bad counsel to.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• SEXTOLET
  A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.
• DISGLORIFY
  To deprive of glory; to treat with indignity. Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton.
• SELF-CONFIDENT
  Confident of one's own strength or powers; relying on one's judgment or ability; self-reliant. -- Self`-con"fi*dent*ly, adv.