commend vb. (senses 2, 3, and the sense ‘to praise’ are the most freq.)
1.
to deliver,
commit, entrust
LLL. III. i. 177
“to her white hand see
thou do
This seal'd-up counsel,”
R2 III. iii. 116, H8 V. i. 17, Mac. I. vii. 11, Lr. II. iv. 28, Lucr. 436.
2.
to commit to the care
or attention of Gent. I. i.
17,
Cor. IV. v. 150
“Let me thee first to
those”
. . .
3.
to recommend to
kindly remembrance, ‘remember’
Wiv. I. iv. 164
“if thou seest her
before me, me”
; refl.
Mer.V. III. ii. 233
“Signior Antonio
Commends him to you.”
