commendatev.
Obsolete except as in b.
a. transitive. To commend.
ΚΠ
a1625 [see commendating n. at Derivatives].
b. spec. in participial adj. commendated adj. [medieval Latin commendātus] = commended adj. b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > protect or defend [verb (transitive)] > put under the protection of > a feudal lord
commendate1864
commend1867
society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > serve feudal superior [verb (transitive)] > place under feudal lord
commendate1864
commend1867
1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. III. 574 How many thanes, how many commendated, how many freemen.
Derivatives
commendating n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun]
lofeOE
heryingc897
lovingeOE
hereworda1100
pricec1225
laudc1384
magnifyingc1384
allowancec1390
loange1390
lof-wordc1390
roosec1390
commendation1393
commendinga1400
presa1400
commendmentc1400
praisea1425
roosinga1425
lauding1489
lovage1489
laudationa1500
magnificationa1500
predication1528
extolling1558
advancement1564
celebrating1573
plauda1593
applause1600
extolment1604
panegyric1613
collaudation1623
commendatinga1625
say-well1629
renown1631
euge1658
extollation1661
eulogy1725
acclaim1759
eulogism1761
encomium1785
eulogium1803
commemoration1823
glorification1850
laudification1890
bualadh bos1908
kudos to ——1936
a1625 Boys in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. xvi. 11 In hearing their own commendating and praise.
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