Collins Russian Dictionary 2nd Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2000, 1997:
commend [kəˈmɛnd] vt хвали́ть*(похвали́ть*perf) (recommend)
to commend sth to sb рекомендова́ть (порекомендова́ть perf) что-н кому́-н
* is used to mark translations which have irregular inflections. The Russian-English side of the dictionary gives inflectional information.