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English Dictionary: 'Recommendation by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Recommendation \Rec`om*men*da"tion\ (r?k`?m*m?n*d?"sh?n), n.
      [Cf. F. recommandation.]
      1. The act of recommending.
  
      2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything
            procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception,
            or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought
            excellent recommendations.
  
      3. The state of being recommended; esteem. [R.]
  
                     The burying of the dead . . . hath always been had
                     in an extraordinary recommendation amongst the
                     ancient.                                             --Sir T.
                                                                              North.
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