verb (v)

• push for something(verb.communication)

  Example:
  The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day.
  

  Synonym:
  advocate, urge
  

  source: wordnet30
• express a good opinion of(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  commend
  

  source: wordnet30
• make attractive or acceptable(verb.change)

  Example:
  Honesty recommends any person.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(verb)

  source: webster1913