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Pronunciation : Rec`om*mend" (rk`m*mnd")
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Pref. re- + commend: cf. F. recommander.]
Definition : 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?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 .
t. [imp. & p. p. Recommended; p. pr. & vb. n. Recommending.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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