manu-, man-, mani-, mandat-, manda-

Not required by rule or law; nonobligatory.

Having feet like hands: applied to the lemurs and opossums in reference to their hind feet.

Four-handed; having all four feet adapted for use as hands; such as, monkeys.

1. To present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; to commend; to mention favorably; such as, to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
2. To represent or urge as advisable or expedient: "She felt the need to recommend caution."
3. To advise, as an alternative; to suggest (a choice, course of action, etc.) as appropriate, beneficial, or the like: "He recommended the blue-plate special." "The doctor recommended special exercises for her."
4. To make desirable or attractive: "It was a plan that had very little to recommend it."

From Latin commendare, "to entrust to, to praise", from re- + mandare "to commit to one's charge".

1. To send or to order back.
2. In law, to send back to custody; to send back (a case) to a lower court with instructions about further proceedings.
3. The act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial (or the continuation of the trial).
4. To lock up or to confine, in or as in a jail.