commendare. OBS., commendare answers exactly to the English word in all its meanings. (1) To recommend to protection, etc., or favorable notice, commendare aliquem or aliquid alicui: (2) To make an impression in favour of anything, (vox) quae una maxime eloquentiam vel commendat vel sustinet (Cic.). (3) Deliver over to notice; e.g., commendare aliquid litteris, commendare nomen tuum immortalitati. To commend anybody to another strongly, alicui aliquem de meliore nota commendare (Curt., ap: Cic. Epp: 7, 29: the figure taken from the nota, by which the quality of wine was marked): to commend anybody very earnestly, etiam atque etiam or magnopere or valde commendare: aliquem intime commendare: very kindly, *peramanter commendare: To commend anybody very strongly by letter, ad aliquem de aliquo scribere diligentissime: to have anybody commended to one, commendatum sibi aliquem habere: to commend one’s self to anybody’s love and protection, se commendare alicujus amori et fidei: to endeavour to commend one’s self to anybody, quaerere sibi apud aliquem commendationem: To commend one’s self, gratum esse; placere; probari (all of things) to commend one’s self by anything, se commendare aliqua re (of persons) commendari aliqua re (of things): to commend itself (with emphasis on the self; i. e., by its own good qualities), suapte natura gratum esse. (the words are found in this connexion and order.) commendare et committere. I commend this property of mine to your honour and safe-keeping, bona nostra haec tibi permitto et tuae mando fidei. demandare is “to commit as a charge,” e.g., unius magistri curae plures liberos demandare: For Commend = praise, Vid: PRAISE.