\Rec`om*mend"\ (r?k`?m*m?nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Recommended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Recommending}.] [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.
         M[ae]cenas 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.