Extol

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Extol \Ex*tol"\, 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.]
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              Who extolled you in the half-crown boxes,
              Where you might sit and muster all the beauties.
                                                    --Beau. & Fl.
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     2. To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify;
        as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.
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              Wherein have I so deserved of you,
              That you extol me thus?               --Shak.
  
     Syn: To praise; applaud; commend; magnify; celebrate; laud;
          glorify. See {Praise}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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