commend

Etymology

From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandare (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dare (“to put”). Doublet of command.

verb

1. (transitive) To congratulate or reward.
   The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.
2. (transitive) To praise or acclaim.
   1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xliiij, leaf 242v Thenne Quene Gueneuer commended hym and soo dyd alle other good knyghtes made moche of hym excepte sire Gawayns bretheren / "Then Queen Guenever commended him, and so did all other good knights make much of him, except Sir Gawaine’s brethren."
3. (transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
4. (transitive) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill.
5. (transitive) To recommend.
6. (transitive, dated) To adorn; to set off.

noun

1. (obsolete) Commendation; praise.
2. (obsolete, in the plural) Compliments; greetings.