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单词 commend me to
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commend me to
5. To recommend to kindly remembrance; formerly in ordinary use in the conveyance of greetings, now archaic: e.g. commend me to ——, remember me kindly to ——; —— commends him(self) to you, —— asks to be kindly remembered to you, sends his kind remembrances; I commend me to you, I present my kind regards or remembrances.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > greet or salute > send remembrances
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1463 Past. Lett. II. 138 Ryght worchepful ser..I comend me to you [earlier letters have recommend and command].
c1490 Promptorium Parvulorum 89 (MS. K.) Comendyn or gretyn [1499 recomende], recommendo.
c1528 Mrq. Dorset in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. iii. 173 II. 147 I hertely commende me vnto you.
1563 in E. Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) I. 349 We comende us unto yor good Lordshipp.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 230 Signior Anthonio commends him to you. View more context for this quotation
1606 F. Holyoake Dictionarium Etymologicum ii. at Salveo, in Riders Dict. (new ed.) To commend thy selfe to one.
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. vii. 528 Commend me to my son.
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commend me (us) to
8. commend me (us) to: a colloquial expression, serious or ironical, of choice or preference, = ‘give me by choice’. Originally of a person.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > choose [verb (transitive)] > give me or us by choice
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1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 486. ⁋4 Of all that I have met in my time, commend me to Betty Duall.
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals i. ii Commend me to a mask of silliness, and a pair of sharp eyes for my own interest under it.
1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 23 For a handsome, generous, sharp-witted knave, commend me to Hunsdrich the porter.
1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 635/2 Commend me to Edinburgh above all cities!
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. viii. 92 Commend me to home-joy, the family board, Altar and hearth!
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