Definition of Commending

1. Verb. (present participle of commend) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Commending

1. commend [v] - See also: commend

Lexicographical Neighbors of Commending

commendam
commendams
commendataries
commendatary
commendation
commendations
commendator
commendatories
commendators
commendatory
commended
commender
commenders
commendest
commendeth
commending
commends
commensal
commensal parasite
commensalism
commensalisms
commensality
commensally
commensals
commensation
commensurabilities
commensurability
commensurable
commensurableness
commensurably

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 ..."

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