recommendv. t.[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.()Mcenas 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.)