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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)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recommend
Literary usage of Recommend
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison (1901)
"He is to have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United
States, EXCEPT IN CASES OF IMPEACHMENT; to recommend to the consideration ..."
2. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"National Security Council The Committees recommend that all statutory members of the
... Findings Cannot Supercede Law The Committees recommend legislation ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1845)
"This publication by the vicar of Morwenstow is an interesting document, which we
cordially recommend to both clergy and laity, and we trust that the success ..."
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