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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
extol \extol"\, v. t. imp. p. p. extolled; p. pr. vb. n.
extolling. l. extollere; ex out + tollere to lift, take
up, or raise: cf. of. extoller. see tollerate, and cf.
flate.
1. to place on high; to lift up; to elevate. obs.
1913 webster
who extolled you in the half-crown boxes,
where you might sit and muster all the beauties.
--beau. fl.
1913 webster
2. to elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify;
as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.
1913 webster
wherein have i so deserved of you,
that you extol me thus? --shak.
syn: to praise; applaud; commend; magnify; celebrate; laud;
glorify. see praise.
1913 webster
see also:
extolled extolling tollerate flate praise
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
extol
v : praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's
children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" syn: laud,
exalt, glorify, proclaim
also: extolling, extolled
see also:
laud exalt glorify proclaim extolling extolled
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
46 moby thesaurus words for "extol":
acclaim, adulate, apotheosize, applaud, belaud, bepraise, bless,
bless the lord, blow up, boast of, brag about, celebrate, cheer,
commend, compliment, congratulate, cry up, deify, doxologize,
elevate, emblazon, eulogize, exalt, flatter, glorify,
glorify the lord, hero-worship, honor, hymn, idolize, laud,
lionize, magnify, make much of, overpraise, panegyrize,
pay tribute, porter aux nues, praise, praise god, puff, puff up,
salute, sing praises, trumpet, uplift
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