Category:Recommend

Rec`om*mend" (rk`m*mnd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recommended; p. pr. & Vb. n. Recommending.] Etym: [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. Mæcenas 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