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commend | c |

As a verb commend

is to congratulate or reward.

As a noun commend

is (obsolete) commendation; praise.

As a letter c is

the third letter of the.

As a numeral c is

cardinal number one hundred (100).

As a symbol c is

carbon.

commend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To congratulate or reward.
  • To praise or acclaim.
  • * Dryden
    • Historians commend Alexander for weeping when he read the actions of Achilles.
  • To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
  • * Bible, Luke xxiii. 46
    • Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
  • To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Commend me to my brother.
  • To recommend.
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • Among the objects of knowledge, two especially commend themselves to our contemplation.
  • * Bible, Romans xvi. 1
    • I commend unto you Phoebe our sister.
  • To force in a mental way.

    • See also

    * suggest * consider * approval

    Related terms

    * commendable * commendation * commendatory * recommend

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) commendation; praise
  • * Shakespeare
    • Speak in his just commend .
  • (obsolete, in the plural) compliments; greetings
  • * Howell
    • Hearty commends and much endeared love to you.

    External links

    * * *

    c

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=b, next=d, image= (wikipedia c)

    Etymology 1

    Modification of upper case letter C, from Etruscan .

    Letter

  • The third letter of the .
    • Usage notes
    * Not to be confused with (the lunate sigma). * In many languages, the letter c represents both a “hard” ), based on the following letter. * In a number of languages, it is used only for the sound. * In many languages, it occurs frequently in the digraph with ch. * In some romanization systems of non-Latin scripts, it represents .
    See also
    (Latn-script) * Other scripts: , * Letters and symbols with similar shapes: (open O), * For more variations, see . * * (wikipedia "c")

    Symbol

    (Voiceless palatal plosive) (head)
  • voiceless palatal plosive.

    • Etymology 2

    Lower case form of upper case roman numeral C, a standardization of ), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

    Alternative forms

    * C,

    Numeral

  • cardinal number one hundred (100).
    • Usage notes
    With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as c, it represents one hundred thousand.
    Derived terms
    * English: c-note
    See also
    * Lesser roman numeral symbol: * Greater roman numeral symbol: *

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Symbol

    (head)
  • (label) The speed of light, 2.99792458 × 108 m/s.
  • (label) The space of convergent sequences

    • See also

    {{Letter, page=C , NATO=Charlie , Morse=–·–· , Character=C3 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin C.png, Capital and lowercase versions of C , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter C.png, Uppercase and lowercase C in Fraktur ----