Definitions for: Recommend

[v] make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"
[v] push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
[v] express a good opinion of

Webster (1913) Definition: Rec`om*mend" (r?k`?m*m?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Recommended; p. pr. & vb. n. Recommending.] [Pref. re- +
commend: cf. F. recommander.]
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.

M[ae]cenas 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.

Synonyms: advocate, commend, urge

See Also: advise, alter, change, praise, propose, suggest

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