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recommend(dictionary)
recommend(dictionary)

recommend (iou)



recommend verb & noun. LME.
[medieval Latin recommendare, formed as RE- + COMMEND verb.]
A. verb trans.
Commend or commit (a person, oneself, one's soul, etc.) to another's care or keeping, esp. to the care of God. LME.
R. L. Stevenson I..recommended my spirit to its Maker. K. Clark Richard II with his patron saints..recommending him to the Virgin.
b. Entrust or consign (a thing) to another's care, use, etc. L16-E17.
c. Communicate, report, (to). Also (rare, Shakes.), inform. L16-M17.
Ask for (oneself or another) to be remembered kindly to another; convey greetings from (a person) to another. LME-L18.
S. Johnson Recommend me to the..lady.
Praise, extol. LME-M18.
a. Mention or present (a thing, course of action, etc.) as desirable or advisable to or to a person. LME.
D. Fraser A..rearmament programme was recommended to the Cabinet. Which? The manufacturers recommend positioning the lock..high on the window.
b. Counsel or advise that, to do; (now rare) suggest (a thing) to a person as being advisable to do. M18.
P. G. Wodehouse Mr Slippery..recommended him to place his affairs in my hands. P. Dally He recommended that she spend the winter in Pisa.
Procure a favourable reception for; make acceptable or desirable to or to a person. E17.
A. John My abundant hair and..beard..failed to recommend me to strangers.
a. Name or mention (a person) as suitable for or for a particular position or employment. M17.
D. L. Sayers I know nothing about you, except that Mrs Arbuthnott recommended you. H. Macmillan To recommend this remarkable..figure for a life peerage.
b. Present or mention (a person or thing) to or to another as worthy of favour or attention or as being of a particular character. L17.
M. Keane He poured..a glass and drank...'Not very nice; I can't say I recommend it.' J. F. Hendry A little hotel..recommended as cheap.
b. noun. (A) recommendation. Orig. Scot. Now dial. & colloq. M16.
recommendable adjective L15.
recommendatory adjective (a) expressing or conveying (a) recommendation; (b) (of a resolution, appointment, etc.) in the form of a recommendation, without binding force: L16.
recommender noun L16.