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Recommend

//ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A recommendation. colloquial

    ""I'm glad to have a recommend from that quarter. Airheart's skipper of the San Jose now. […]""

Verb
  1. 1
    To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice. transitive

    "The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions."

  2. 2
    make attractive or acceptable wordnet
  3. 3
    To make acceptable; to attract favor to. transitive

    "A city that has much to recommend it."

  4. 4
    push for something wordnet
  5. 5
    To advise, propose, counsel favorably transitive

    "The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body."

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  1. 6
    express a good opinion of wordnet
  2. 7
    To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations archaic, transitive

    "A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commendāre (“to commend, commit; to recommend”), from con- + mandāre (“commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand, handwriting, power”) + dare (“to give; to offer or render”). Compare typologically Bulgarian препоръчам (preporǎčam), Serbo-Croatian препоручити, Slovene priporočiti, Czech doporučit, Slovak odporučiť (the same meaning); Russian поручи́ться (poručítʹsja), пору́ка (porúka), поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo) (close meaning), all related to Proto-Slavic *rǫka (Bulgarian ръка (rǎka), Russian рука́ (ruká)).

Etymology 2

From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commendāre (“to commend, commit; to recommend”), from con- + mandāre (“commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand, handwriting, power”) + dare (“to give; to offer or render”). Compare typologically Bulgarian препоръчам (preporǎčam), Serbo-Croatian препоручити, Slovene priporočiti, Czech doporučit, Slovak odporučiť (the same meaning); Russian поручи́ться (poručítʹsja), пору́ка (porúka), поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo) (close meaning), all related to Proto-Slavic *rǫka (Bulgarian ръка (rǎka), Russian рука́ (ruká)).

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