recommend
verb
- provide positive advice
- to suggest as advisable; endorse
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/
noun
Etymology: 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)).
- A recommendation.
“"I'm glad to have a recommend from that quarter. Airheart's skipper of the San Jose now. […]"”
verb
Etymology: 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)).
- To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
“The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.”
- To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
“A city that has much to recommend it.”
- To advise, propose, counsel favorably.
“The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.”
“My therapist recommended that I rest the mind and exercise the body.”
- To commit, to 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.”