different between nominate vs commend

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?min?tus, perfect passive participle of n?min? (“I name”), from n?men (“a name”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?m.?.ne?t/, /?n?m.?.ne?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?m.?.ne?t/, /?n?m.?.ne?t/

Verb

nominate (third-person singular simple present nominates, present participle nominating, simple past and past participle nominated)

1. To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
2. (obsolete) To entitle, confer a name upon.
   • 1658: the City of Norwich [...] was enlarged, builded and nominated by the Saxons. — Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 12)

Synonyms

• (confer a name upon): bename; see also Thesaurus:denominate

Related terms

• denominate
• nomination

Translations

Adjective

nominate (not comparable)

1. (zoology) nominotypical

   the nominate subspecies

Anagrams

• Timonean, antinome

Italian

Verb

nominate

1. second-person plural present indicative of nominare
2. second-person plural imperative of nominare
3. feminine plural of nominato

Anagrams

• monetina

Latin

Verb

n?min?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of n?min?

Participle

n?min?te

1. vocative masculine singular of n?min?tus

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