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Definition of Commending
1. commend [v] - See also: commend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commending
Literary usage of Commending
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"I consider it as an indispensable duty to close this last solemn act of my official
life, by commending the interests of our dearest country, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1850)
"... and the Officers were all civilly entertained, which made them go away very
well satisfied with the General, and highly commending our Army"b. ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1872)
"... we have already said, very favourably, and we take pleasure in commending it
to our readers as a valuable addition to the literature of rectal surgery. ..."
4. Dante and His Circle: With the Italian Poets Preceding Him (1100-1200-1300 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Dante Alighieri (1905)
"Guido answers, commending Pinella, and saying that the Love he can offer her is
already shared by many noble Ladies. THE fountain-head that is so bright to ..."
5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"The commandant ruefully promised to report himself " cut up" to the nearest
umpire, and commending his cavalry and all other cavalry to the special care of ..."