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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To praise or commend to another as being worthy or desirable; endorse.
• intransitive verb To make attractive or acceptable.
• intransitive verb To advise or counsel.
• intransitive verb To commit to the charge of another; entrust.
• intransitive verb To give advice or counsel.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To commend to another's notice; put in a favorable light before another; commend or give favorable representations of; bring under one's notice as likely to be of service.
• To make acceptable; attract favor to.
• To commit or intrust, as in prayer.
• To advise, as to an action, practice, measure, remedy, or the like; advise (that something be done).
• To give or commit in kindness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• transitive verb 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.
• transitive verb To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
• transitive verb To commit; to give in charge; to commend.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb transitive To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
• verb transitive To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
• verb transitive To advise, propose, counsel favorably
• verb transitive, archaic To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb push for something
• verb make attractive or acceptable
• verb express a good opinion of