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  1. transitive verb To praise or commend (one) to another as being worthy or desirable; endorse: recommended him for the job; recommended a car instead of an SUV.
  2. transitive verb To make (the possessor, as of an attribute) attractive or acceptable: Honesty recommends any person.
  3. transitive verb To commit to the charge of another; entrust.
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  • TheaterMania. com shall not be deemed to endorse, recommend, approve and / or guarantee such events, or any facts, views, advice and / or information contained therein. —  TheaterMania.com
  • Then compare those percentages to what experts recommend is the smartest way to divvy up your income. —  South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com - South Florida Recipes
  • Yet every single day on the schedule is stuffed with films to recommend, among them: —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
  • Another book I would recommend is the OpenGL Superbible, although opinions vary.
  • By no means do any of its contents recommend, advocate or urge the buying, selling or holding of any financial instrument whatsoever. —  FXstreet.com
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  1. Middle English recomenden, from Medieval Latin recommendāre : Latin re-, re- + Latin commendāre, to entrust, commend; see commend.

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  1. Early modern English also recommaund; from Middle English recommenden, recomanden, recomaunden, from Old French recommander, recumander, French recommander =Provencal recommandar =Catalan recomanar =Spanish recomendar =Portuguese recommendar =Italian raccomandare, from Middle Latin recommendare, recommend, from Latin re-, again, + commendare, commend: see commend.
 

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/rɛkəˈmɛnd/
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