RECOMMENDATIONS

Noun

recommendations

plural of recommendation

Source: Wiktionary


RECOMMENDATION

Rec`om*men*da"tion (rk`m*mn*d"shn), n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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