| recommend | 1. To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body. "Maecenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus, whose praises . . . Have made him precious to posterity." (Dryden) 2. To make acceptable; to attract favor to. "A decent boldness ever meets with friends, Succeeds, and e'en a stranger recommends." (Pope) 3. To commit; to give in charge; to commend. "Paul chose Silas and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God." (Acts xv. 40). Origin: Pref. Re- + commend: cf. F. Recommander. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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