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Webster 1913 Edition
Recommend
Recˊom-mend′
(r?kˊ?m-m?nd′)
, Verb.
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 bodyMaecenas
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
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Recommend
RECOMMEND'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To praise to another; to offer or commend to another's notice, confidence or kindness by favorable representations.Maecenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus.
[In this sense, commend, though less common, is the preferable word.]
2.
To make acceptable.A decent boldness ever meets with friends, succeeds, and ev'n a stranger recommends.
3.
To commit with prayers.Paul chose Silas and departed, being recommended by the brethren to the grace of God. Acts. 15.
[Commend here is much to be preferred.]
Definition 2024
recommend
recommend
English
Verb
recommend (third-person singular simple present recommends, present participle recommending, simple past and past participle recommended)
- (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
- The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
- (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably
- The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- (transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
- A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:advise
Antonyms
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Translations
to commend to the favorable notice of another
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to suggest or endorse someone as appropriate choice
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to make acceptable; to attract favor to
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to advise, propose
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archaic: to confide to another
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