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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recommend \Rec'om*mend"\ (r?k'?m*m?nd"), verb (used with an object) [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[ae]cenas 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
recommended
adjective: mentioned as worthy of acceptance; "the recommended medicine"; "the suggested course of study" [syn: {suggested}]
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