Definition of Recommind
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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.
- To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
- To commit; to give in charge; to commend.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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