recommend

Etymology

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”).

verb

1. (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
   The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
2. (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
   A city that has much to recommend it.
3. (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorably
   The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
   My therapist recommended that I rest the mind and exercise the body.
4. (transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations
   A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery.