dē-mando, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to give in charge, to intrust, commit, commend (not ante-Aug.; cf., on the contrary, commendo; most freq. in Suet.; not found in Quint. or Tac.): simul plures pueri unius (sc. paedagogi) curae demandabantur, Liv. 5, 27: amicam alicui, Suet. Oth. 3: aliquem mergendum mari servis ipsius, id. Ner. 35: testamentum virgini Vestali, id. Caes. 83: curam sauciorum militum legatis tribunisque, Liv. 8, 36: funeris sui curam alicui, Suet. Tib. 51: bellum, id. Aug. 10: in proximam civitatem demandari, to be sent there for safety, id. Calig. 9; cf. conjuges liberosque abditis insulis, Just. 2, 12, 6.