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EULOGIZE
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they eulogize ... he / she / it eulogizes
Past simple: eulogized
-ing form: eulogizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Praise formally and eloquently
Example:
The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral
Synonyms:
eulogise; eulogize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "eulogize" is one way to...):
praise (express approval of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
eulogy (a formal expression of praise for someone who has died recently)