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EXTOL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: extolled    , extolling   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Praise, glorify, or honor

Example:

glorify one's spouse's cooking

Synonyms:

exalt; extol; glorify; laud; proclaim

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "extol" is one way to...):

praise (express approval of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "extol"):

canonise; canonize (treat as a sacred person)

ensky (exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise)

crack up (rhapsodize about)

hymn (praise by singing a hymn)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue extol the movie

Derivation:

extoller (someone who communicates high praise)

extolment (an expression of approval and commendation)

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