Commendable, 1) worthy of recommendation or praise: Ado III, 1, 71. Ado III, 1, 71 Merch. I, 1, 111. III, 5, 50. Shr. IV, 3, 102. H4B III, 2, 77. H6A IV, 6, 57. Hml. I, 2, 87. (In Merch. I, 1, 111 perhaps comméndable).
2) bestowing praise: “and power, unto itself most c., hath not a tomb so evident as a chair to extol what it hath done,” Cor. IV, 7, 51 (but here also the first signification is admissible).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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