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recommend |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recommend \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recommend v 1: push for something [syn: {urge}, {advocate}] 2: express a good opinion of [syn: {commend}]
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