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.
Mæcenas
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.
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