2. To begin anew to be; to act again as. [Archaic.]
He seems desirous enough of recommencing courtier.
Johnson. Recommence
(Re`com*mence"), v. t. [Pref. re- + commence: cf. F. recommencer.] To commence
again or anew.
Recommencement
(Re`com*mence"ment) n. A commencement made anew.
Recommend
(Rec`om*mend") 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.
Mæcenas 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. Recommendable
(Rec`om*mend"a*ble) a. [Cf. F. recommandable.] Suitable to be recommended; worthy
of praise; commendable. Glanvill. — Rec`om*mend"a*ble*ness, n. — Rec`om*mend"a*bly, adv.
Recommendation
(Rec`om*men*da"tion) n. [Cf. F. recommandation.]
1. The act of recommending.
2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable
reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations.
3. The state of being recommended; esteem. [R.]
The burying of the dead . . . hath always been had in an extraordinary recommendation amongst the
ancient.
Sir T. North. Recommendative
(Rec`om*mend"a*tive) n. That which recommends; a recommendation. [Obs.]
Recommendatory
(Rec`om*mend"a*to*ry) a. Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory.
Swift.
Recommender
(Rec`om*mend"er) n. One who recommends.
Recommission
(Re`com*mis"sion) v. t. To commission again; to give a new commission to.
Officers whose time of service had expired were to be recommissioned.
Marshall. Recommit
(Re`com*mit") v. t. To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a
committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.
