recommend

[rec·om·mend]

If you recommend a person or thing is to vouch for them. Recommend can also be to advise. If your doctor recommended an exercise program to you that's changed your life, you might recommend your doctor to your friends.

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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.

Verb
make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"

Verb
push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

Verb
express a good opinion of


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.

v. t.
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

v. t.
To commit; to give in charge; to commend.


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.
M'91cenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus, whose praises . . . have made him precious to posterity.
2. To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
A decent boldness ever meets with friends, Succeeds, and e'en a stranger recommends.
3. To commit; to give in charge; to commend.
Paul chose Silas and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
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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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Usage Examples

I am firmly of the opinion that women who make a lot of effort to hang onto their looks in middle age (unless they are beauties, entertainers or prostitutes) are rather sad, as one should surely have something more substantial to recommend one by this time, such as kindness or cleverness.

Recommend virtue to your children it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.

Recommend to your children virtue that alone can make them happy, not gold.

Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.

I highly recommend worrying. It is much more effective than dieting.

At one point, I even thought, 'Oh, I'll take diet pills.' I tried it for one day, and I thought my heart was going to explode. It's awful, and I would never, ever recommend it.

I always recommend a sensible diet, including lots of carbohydrates and avoiding too much fat. Dancers don't need different fuel from other people - they just need more of it because they use more energy.

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Other Usage Examples

I recommend that people try new stuff or take new fitness classes all the time. It's important to mix up your routine, not only for your body, but also for your mental state.

So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

Then I heard this genius teacher Stella Adler - I recommend you read anything you might find about her and if you have anyone interested in theatre, you get them one of her books.

And I highly recommend for all the women in the world, even if they're 71, you can never take for granted that he loves you. It's always good to flirt with him. It's a great sport.

I wouldn't recommend young kids see 'Speedway Junkie.' It's definitely an age-appropriate movie - dark and realistic and edgy. If young kids want to see me, go see the Christmas movie.

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