different between commend vs beken

English

Etymology

From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commend? (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandare (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dare (“to put”). Doublet of command.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??m?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Verb

commend (third-person singular simple present commends, present participle commending, simple past and past participle commended)

1. (transitive) To congratulate or reward.

2. (transitive) To praise or acclaim.

   • Segrais on this Subject of a Heroe's ?hedding Tears, ob?erves that Hi?torians commend Alexander for weeping, when he read the mighty Actions of Achilles.

3. (transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.

   • Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

4. (transitive) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill.
5. (transitive) To recommend.
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

     Among the objects of knowledge, two especially […] commend themselves to our contemplation.

   • I commend vnto you Phebe our sister, which is a seruant of the Church which is at Cenchrea:

6. (transitive, dated) To adorn; to set off.

Related terms

• commendable
• commendation
• commendatory
• recommend

Translations

See also

• suggest
• consider
• approval

Noun

commend (plural commends)

1. (obsolete) Commendation; praise.
2. (obsolete, in the plural) Compliments; greetings.
   • 3 August 1621, James Howell, "to Dr. Thomas Prichard at Worcester House" in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ

     Hearty commends and much endeared love unto you.

Further reading

• commend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• commend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• commend at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Middle English bekennen, bikennen, equivalent to be- +? ken (“to perceive”). Cognate with Dutch bekennen (“to acknowledge, confess”), German bekennen (“to admit, confess”), Swedish bekänna (“to profess, confess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k?n/, /b??k?n/

Verb

beken (third-person singular simple present bekens, present participle bekenning, simple past and past participle bekenned or bekent)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To make known; reveal.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To commit or commend to the care of.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:

     Now I bikenne þe criste quod she · and his clene moder.

4. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To commit.
5. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To admit as possessor.
6. (transitive, chiefly Scotland) To acquaint; instruct.

Anagrams

• Benke, nebek

Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?k?(n)/
• Rhymes: -e?k?n

Noun

beken

1. Plural form of beek

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k?n/

Verb

beken

1. first-person singular present indicative of bekennen
2. imperative of bekennen

Hungarian

Etymology

be- (“onto”) +? ken (“smear”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b?k?n]
• Hyphenation: be?ken
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

beken

1. (transitive) to anoint, spread, smear (to distribute in an even layer), to apply/put on (a soft substance, cream, oil, paint, etc.)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bekenés

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch bekend (“(well-)known”), from Middle Dutch bekent, part participle of bekennen (“to know”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b??k?n]
• Hyphenation: bê?kèn

Noun

bêkèn

1. (colloquial) (well-)known

Derived terms

Further reading

• “beken” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bekyn, bekene, biken, beeken, bekne, beekne

Etymology

From Old English b?acn, from Proto-Germanic *baukn?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?k?n/, /?b??k?n/

Noun

beken (plural bekenes)

1. A fire that signals an impending attack or danger.
2. (rare) The structure a beacon is placed on.
3. (rare) A lighthouse.
4. (rare) A flag (piece of cloth with distinctive patterning)

Related terms

• bekenen

Descendants

• English: beacon
• Scots: bekin, beikin

References

• “b??ken, b?ken, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-25.