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Recommend \Rec`om*mend"\ (r?k`?m*m?nd"), v. 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 body.
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Maecenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus,
whose praises . . . have made him precious to
posterity. --Dryden.
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2. To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
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A decent boldness ever meets with friends,
Succeeds, and e'en a stranger recommends. --Pope.
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3. To commit; to give in charge; to commend.
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Paul chose Silas and departed, being recommended by
the brethren unto the grace of God. --Acts xv. 40.
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