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eulogize, v.|ˈjuːlədʒaɪz|
[f. eulog-y + -ize.]
1. trans. To pronounce a eulogy upon; to speak or write in commendation of; to extol, praise.
a1810Huddesford Satir. Poems (T.), Those Who eulogize their country's foes. 1815W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 25 Rhymsters who..meanest actions eulogize. 1865Lecky Ration. II. v. 200 He eulogised constitutional government as immeasurably superior to despotism.
¶2. Used to represent Gr. εὐλογεῖν in sense ‘to bless’.
1885E. S. Ffoulkes Prim. Consecr. ix. 419 What our Lord had effected by blessing and giving thanks..by eulogising them, as S. Cyril has it.
Hence ˈeulogizer, one who eulogizes; a eulogist.
1837New Monthly Mag. XLIX. 341 The eulogizers of the wisdom of our ancestors. 1866Alger Solit. Nat. & Man iv. 200 An atheistic eulogizer of nothingness. |