commend
verb (used with object)
to present, mention, or praise as worthy of confidence, notice, kindness, etc.; recommend.
commender
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a word derived from
commend.
Example Sentences
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Mary was at last provoked to tell me that praise, lavished in the way that I lavished it, could do no credit either to the commended or the commender.
From Mary Wollstonecraft by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
He is an arrogant commender of his own things; for whatsoever he shows you is the best in the town, though the worst in his shop.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
He was a warm and wide-hearted commender of the works of other poets.
From Poetical Works of Akenside by George Gilfillan
For hence he is loved who is commended, when the commender is believed to extol him with an unfeigned heart; that is, when one that loves him, praises him.
From The Confessions of St. Augustine by E. B. (Edward Bouverie) Pusey
He is an arrogant commender of his own things; for whatsoever he shews you is the best in the town, though the worst in his shop.
From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by John Earle
