[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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