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Definition of Recommend
1. Verb. Push for something. "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
Generic synonyms: Advise, Propose, Suggest
Derivative terms: Recommendation, Urgency, Urgent
2. Verb. Express a good opinion of. "Sam and Sue recommend the movie "
Generic synonyms: Praise
Derivative terms: Commendation, Recommendation, Recommendation
3. Verb. Make attractive or acceptable. ; "Honesty recommends any person"
Definition of Recommend
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Recommend
1. Verb. (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably ¹
4. Verb. (transitive archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Recommend
1. commend [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: commend
Medical Definition of Recommend
1. 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. "Maecenas 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). Origin: Pref. Re- + commend: cf. F. Recommander. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)