v.
- put forward with approval as being suitable for a purpose or role.
▸advise as a course of action.
▸advise to do something.
- make appealing or desirable.
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(recommend someone/thing to)
archaic commend or entrust someone or something to.
Derivative
- recommendable adj.
- recommendatory adj.
- recommender n.
Etymology
ME: from med. L. recommendare, from L. re- (expressing intensive force) + commendare ‘commit to the care of’.