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English Dictionary: recommend	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for recommend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recommend v push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" Synonym(s): recommend, urge, advocate express a good opinion of Synonym(s): commend, recommend make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recommend \Rec`ommend"\ (r?k`?mm?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[91]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.