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▪ I. † recoˈmmand, v.1 Obs.
Forms: 4–5 recoma(u)nde, 4–6 recommaunde, 5 recoma(u)nd, recumaunde, etc.
[ad. F. recommander (12th c.), f. re- re- + commander to command or commend: on the relationship to recommend v.1, see the etym. notes to the vbs. command and commend.]
1. = recommend v.1 1.
c1380Sir Ferumb. 256 He lifte vp ys hond & blessed him þan & recomandedem to god almiȝte. 1490Caxton How to Die 9, [I] recommaunde at thys tyme my spyryte in to thy handes. a1533Ld. Berners Huon l. 169, I recommaunde thee to y⊇ kepinge of our lorde god. Ibid. lxii. 218 Therfore, syr, I recommaunde you to our lord god.
b. = recommend v.1 1 b.
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 1021 (1070) In ful humble wyse..He gan hym recommaunde unto her grace. 1390Gower Conf. Prol. 29 *So ferforth I me recomande To him which al me may comande. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) ix. 33 Þai take lefe at þe mounkes and recomaundes þam specially to þer praiers.
c. ellipt. To commend to the prayers of the people. rare—1.
1389Eng. Gilds 31 Þe comoun belleman schal..recomandyn al þe brethere soules and systeres of þe gilde be name, and alle crystene soules.
d. = recommend v. 1 c.
1390Gower Conf. III. 33 To youre avis, Min holi fader,..I recomande myn astat. c1400Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) Prol., I..am me auntred to make this litel symple booke, which I recommaunde and submytte to youre noble and wyse correccioun. c1500Melusine 191 To these two knightes Raymondyn & Melusyne had recommanded the estate of theire two sones.
2. refl. and absol. To commend (oneself) to the kindly remembrance or regard of another. (Used in letters.)
a1413Prince Henry Let. in Nat. MSS. I. 36, I recomande me to yowr good & gracieux lordship. 1425Paston Lett. I. 21 Right worthy and worshepeful Sir, I recomaunde to yow preyeng yow to wite [etc.]. 1455Rolls of Parlt. V. 280/2 We recommaunde us unto you.
b. To speak of or mention (a person) to another, with a view to exciting kindly remembrance or regard. Freq. used in messages.
c1374Chaucer Troylus i. 1000 (1056) ‘This in special’, Quod Troilus, ‘that thou me recomaunde To hir that to the deeth me may comaunde’. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 163 Go litel bille..And of hool herte recomaund me,..To alle tho folk which lyst to have pité. 1470–85Malory Arthur iv. viii, Accolon..said, recommaunde me vnto my lady Quene and telle her all shal be done that I haue promysed her. a1533Ld. Berners Huon cxlvi. 547 When he saw that I wold depart thence to come into this countre, he humbly prayed me to recommaunde hym to you.
absol.a1440Sir Degrev. 877 Recumaunde, for God's pyne To my lady and thinne.
▪ II. recoˈmmand, v.2
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To command again.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xvi. xix, She commaunded her mynstrelles right anone to play..She me recommaunded..To daunce true mesures. 1622Wither Mistr. Philar. Wks. (1633) 731 For as much as doubt you make To re-command me: of mine own accord Another Strain, I freely will afford. 1653J. Hall Paradoxes 82 So can wee no more recommand them then call back yesterday. 1864Reader 18 June, The great bravura duet..was, of course, recommanded by an irresistible encore. |