Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To praise or commend to another as being worthy or desirable; endorse.
- intransitive verb To make attractive or acceptable.
- intransitive verb To advise or counsel.
- intransitive verb To commit to the charge of another; entrust.
- intransitive verb To give advice or counsel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To commend to another's notice; put in a favorable light before another; commend or give favorable representations of; bring under one's notice as likely to be of service.
- To make acceptable; attract favor to.
- To commit or intrust, as in prayer.
- To advise, as to an action, practice, measure, remedy, or the like; advise (that something be done).
- To give or commit in kindness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb 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.
- transitive verb To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
- transitive verb To commit; to give in charge; to commend.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To bestow commendation on; to
represent favourably; tosuggest ,endorse orencourage as an appropriate choice. - verb transitive To make
acceptable ; to attractfavor to. - verb transitive To
advise ,propose ,counsel favorably - verb transitive, archaic To
commit ,confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb push for something
- verb make attractive or acceptable
- verb express a good opinion of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And it would be very helpful if people had Internet access to do this, because what I'm going to recommend is listening to sites that have scripts included.
Five New Year's Resolutions for Learners to Improve Their English 2010
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Taking that into account im sure you'll find what you are looking for especially if you just ask them directly "Me gustaria un mole picante" or something similar. another thing i would recommend is trying Agua de Xilacayote (not sure if its spelled right) pronounced Chi-Laa-Ca-Yoh-Te it's generally sweet because its made of a sweet pumpkin but very tastful.
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One thing I would recommend is wait for the retrieves and get fetch, hold and drop down to a science.
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Taking that into account im sure you'll find what you are looking for especially if you just ask them directly "Me gustaria un mole picante" or something similar. another thing i would recommend is trying Agua de Xilacayote (not sure if its spelled right) pronounced Chi-Laa-Ca-Yoh-Te it's generally sweet because its made of a sweet pumpkin but very tastful.
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One thing I would recommend is wait for the retrieves and get fetch, hold and drop down to a science.
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I didn't finish many and the only book that I finished this week that I'd recommend is Lisa Shearin's The Trouble With Demons, book 3 in her Raine Benares series.
Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009
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Another one that I recommend is a film called Funny Games.
Archive 2009-02-01 zombietron 2009
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Another one that I recommend is a film called Funny Games.
Sunday, Bloody Sunday zombietron 2009
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The dough can look a little dry, but what I'll recommend is that people add between 2 1/2-3 cups of oatmeal instead of the full-on three.
Mom's oatmeal cookies | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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Changing this so that patients are not priced out of doing what their doctors recommend is where the big bonus in health comes.
Paul A. London: A Way to Save Billions and Improve Healthcare Paul A. London 2010
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