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recommend

re·com·mend

US/ˌɹɛkəˈmɛnd/ common

verb

1.

push for something

  • “The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day”
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2.

express a good opinion of

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3.

make attractive or acceptable

  • “Honesty recommends any person”

Origin

From Middle English recommenden, from Old French recommender (compare French recommander), from Latin re- + commendāre (“to commend, commit; to recommend”), from con- + mandāre (“commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand, handwriting, power”) + dare (“to give; to offer or render”). Compare typologically Bulgarian препоръчам (preporăčam), Serbo-Croatian препоручити, Slovene priporočiti, Czech doporučit, Slovak odporučiť (the same meaning); Russian поручи́ться (poručítʹsja), пору́ка (porúka), поручи́тельство (poručítelʹstvo) (close meaning), all related to Proto-Slavic *rǫka (Bulgarian ръка (răka), Russian рука́ (ruká)).

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