Expresses praise or approval for someone or something; recommends someone or something to another person.
Third-person singular present tense of commend, from Latin commendare (to entrust, commit). The -s suffix indicates present tense for third-person singular subjects.
When a judge 'commends' a lawyer in court, they're using a word that originally meant 'to place into someone's hands for safekeeping'—praising is literally entrusting them to everyone's respect.
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