recommend

1. (transitive) To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.Examples: "The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions."transitive

2. (transitive) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.Examples: "A city that has much to recommend it."transitive

3. (transitive) To advise, propose, counsel favorablyExamples: "The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body."; "My therapist recommended that I rest the mind and exercise the body."; "An influential group of medical experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force, recommended last week that most women receive a mammogram starting at age 40."transitive

4. (transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representationsExamples: "A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery."archaictransitive