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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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
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 Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman by William Godwin
Yea how fairly, to his thinking, might he have pleaded, that Paul by this act of his, was a great lover, countenancer and commender of those he calls the women's meetings.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan
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
