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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | commendare, from com- ( COM-) + mandare 'to give over to someone' |
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com‧mend
[transitive] formal
[transitive] formal1 to praise or approve of someone or something publicly
2 to tell someone that something is good or deserves attention [= recommend]: 
Colleagues, I commend this report to you.
Colleagues, I commend this report to you.3 if something commends itself to you, you approve of it : The plan did not commend itself to the Allies.
commend itself (to somebody)
formalThe plan did not commend itself to the Allies.
