▪ I. commending, vbl. n.
(kəˈmɛndɪŋ)
[f. commend v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. commend; commendation.
| a 1400–50 Alexander 2346 Þire athils of Atenes..kest vp a crie..in comending of his carpe. a 1661 Fuller Worthies (1840) I. 27 Bishops and judges..though not made by his commanding are usually by his commending to the king. 1815 Scribbleomania 249 It claims high commending. |
▪ II. coˈmmending, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That commends. Hence coˈmmendingly adv.
| 1876 G. Meredith Beauch. Career III. vi. 88 Concerning himself, he thought commendingly, a tear would have overcome him. |