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recommendatory

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rec⋅om⋅mend⋅a⋅to⋅ry

  [rek-uh-men-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–adjective
1. serving to recommend; recommending.
2. serving as or being a recommendation.
Origin:
1605–15; < ML recommendāt(us) (see recommendation ) + -ory 1
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rec·om·men·da·tion   (rěk'ə-měn-dā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The act of recommending.

  2. Something that recommends, especially a favorable statement concerning character or qualifications.

  3. Something, such as a course of action, that is recommended. See Synonyms at advice.

rec'om·men'da·to'ry (-də-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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