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- verb Present participle of
commend .
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Examples
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CNN has a crush on Palin commending her earlier for having TWO speaking engagements in the next year.
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Most High and honoured the Captain commending his care and zeal and advancing him in rank.
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It is a great encouragement to us, in commending the disciples to the Lord, that we can say, "It is he in whom they believed; we commit to him those who have committed themselves to him, and who know they have believed in one who is able to keep what they and we have committed to him against that day," 2 Tim. i.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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The apostle never flattered his friends, but he took pleasure in commending them, and speaking well of them, to the glory of God and for the excitement and encouragement of others.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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I believe on these very pages I once said a few words of praise for the American garbage disposal, and I clearly recall commending our local post office for providing me with a free doughnut on Customer Appreciation Day.
I'm A Stranger Here Myself Bryson, Bill 1999
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The art would be to carry it, if possible, to some indirect flattery; such as commending those virtues in some other person, in which that prince either thinks he does, or at least would be thought by others to excel.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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As to the special form of this duty, there are two words wherein it is expressed, and both of the same import: for in one place it is rendered, "commending;" in another, "committing," Luke xxiii. 46, and
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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And he said not appearing, but "commending," that is ` proving. '
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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The art would be to carry it, if possible, to some indirect flattery; such as commending those virtues in some other person, in which that prince either thinks he does, or at least would be thought by others to excel.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1751 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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The art would be to carry it, if possible, to some indirect flattery; such as commending those virtues in some other person, in which that prince either thinks he does, or at least would be thought by others to excel.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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