praisen.
/preɪz/, U.S. /preɪz/ 1.
a. The action or fact of praising someone or something; warm approval, eulogy, laudation; (as a count noun, usually in plural) an expression of commendation, esteem, or honour; a plaudit.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun]
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bualadh bos1908
kudos to ——1936
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6930 We seen hym wynne honour..or preis thurgh his valour.
c1450 ( J. Lydgate Select. Minor Poems (1840) 3 (MED) This citee with lawde, preyse [v.r. pris], and glorye For joy moustered lyke the sone beme.
?a1500 tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (Harl.) (1942) 15 (MED) Temperaunce dispiseth all fleschly delytes & wordly preyse [c1440 S. Scrope tr. (St John's Cambr.) wordli preisinges].
1526 Bible (Tyndale) John xii. f. cxlv For they loved the prayse that is geven off men, more then the prayse, that commeth of god.
1560 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth III. 473 My lippes shall never lenne To power thye prayses to my penne.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xx. sig. Bb8 Badly-diligent ministers, who often cloyed our eares with her praises.
a1631 J. Donne Poems (1650) 95 He gave no prase, To any but my Lord of Essex dayes.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 30 The forme of Speech whereby men signifie their opinion of the Goodnesse of any thing, is Praise.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 533 What Praises can be paid To Love so great..?
1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 22 Praise is the Salt that seasons Right to Man, And whets his Appetite for moral Good.
1798 J. Austen Let. 1 Dec. (1995) 24 Mr. Lyford gratified us very much yesterday by his praises of my father's mutton.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xlix. 485 Stimulated by their praises, Tim launched out into several other declarations also manifesting the disinterestedness of his heart.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 64 At the end of the conversation the king dismissed him with emphatic praise.
1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage ii. 24 The tall soldier burst into praises of what he thought to be his powers of perception.
1937 Amer. Home Apr. 162/4 Flower and garden enthusiasts..were generous in their praises of the high artistic quality and originality of nearly seventy-five entries.
1996 Sunday Times (Nexis) 13 Oct. Even his new bosses..have been lukewarm in their praise of the recruit.
2002 R. Mistry Family Matters (2003) xviii. 392 Edul congratulated them, and the praise made the men taller with pleasure.
b. in praise of: so as to praise someone or something; in commendation of.
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1541 Schole House of Women sig. Av A foole of late, contryued a booke And all in prayse, of the femynye.
?1569 W. Elderton (title) A proper new balad in praise of my Ladie Marques.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. vi. iii. 373 To leaue all declamatory speeches in praise of divine Musick.
1694 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 460 Edward Wells..spoke a speech in praise of Dr. John Fell (being his obitall day).
1753 Adventurer No. 81 An extemporal poem in praise of the city.
1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 43 With this reflection, instead of a soliloquy in praise of chivalry, as Mr. Burke has done, I close the account of the expedition.
1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol ii. 63 The two apprentices..were pouring out their hearts in praise of Fezziwig.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxxix. 273 Your father has decided to read to us the chapter in Proverbs in praise of a virtuous wife.
1935 B. Russell (title) In praise of idleness.
1993 Eagle (Madison, New Jersey) 29 Apr. 14/4 Parents and teachers alike rose up in praise of Kelly who was called an exceptional teacher.
c. A laudatory utterance; a formal or ceremonial recitation honouring a person; (frequently) spec. = praise poem n. at Compounds 2.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun] > laudatory poem > in Africa
praise1861
praise song1886
praise poem1925
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > types of laudatory poem
qasida1772
drápa1843
praise1861
epigram1872
praise song1886
praise name1904
praise poem1925
1861 tr. E. Casalis Basutos ii. xvii. 328 We often heard them recite, with very dramatic gestures, certain pieces... The natives called these recitations praises.
1901 G. M. Theal Rec. S.-E. Afr. VII. 202 When the king goes out he is surrounded and encircled by these marombes, who recite these praises to him with loud cries, to the sound of small drums, iron and bells.
1937 G. P. Lestrade in I. Schapera Bantu-Speaking Tribes S. Afr. xiii. 300 The tribal praise-poem reciter..makes a new praise from time to time.
1979 G. Fortune in A. C. Hodza & G. Fortune Shona Praise Poetry 3 Fragments of the praises of individual kings of the Changamire dynasty have come down to us included in the clan praises of the Rozvi.
2004 Res. Afr. Lit. (Nexis) 30 Sept. 26 The praise of a chief who is dead a long time ago, let's say the praise of Dingana or the praise of Dingiswayo or Shaka, is always the same.
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a. spec. In religious contexts: the expression of admiration, respect, gratitude, etc., or the acknowledgement of glory and honour, performed as an act of worship; an instance of this. Also: music, chiefly singing, which serves this purpose as part of a religious service or devotion.
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society > faith > worship > [noun]
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1447 Acct. in Berks, Bucks & Oxon Archæol. Jrnl. (1905) 11 56 Item, A book of praise, ijde. folio begynnyng ‘loquar amaritudie’.
a1500 (?a1422) J. Lydgate Life Our Lady (Adv.) in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 127 Glorye and preyse laude and hye honowre O blesfull quene be gevon unto the.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Tim. i. f. cclxxv So then vnto god, kynge everlastynge, immortall, invisible, and wyse only, be honoure and prayse for ever and ever.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia ii. sig. Rvv They sing prayses vnto God, whiche they intermixt with instrumentes of musick.
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 94/2 Let vs continually preach and set forth the praises of God.
1629 J. Gaule Panegyrick 8 in Practique Theories Christs Predict. That is our prayse and predication of God.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 87 To Bacchus therefore let us tune our Lays, And in our Mother Tongue resound his Praise . View more context for this quotation
1751 T. Gray Elegy x. 7 The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
1776 Bp. G. Horne Comm. Bk. Psalms I. (xxxiii. 2) 138 Music..is of eminent use in setting forth the praises of God.
1835 Southern Lit. Messenger Aug. 671/1 She poured out her heart in praise to God for preserving and reclaiming him.
1843 C. L. Hentz De Lara ii. 24 The children of the prophet groan in chains, Where once they swelled the notes to Allah's praise!
1892 Bp. Talbot Serm. (1896) 76 Praise, like every real part of true religion, fits on to human nature..by fulfilling, I think, two great human instincts. They are the instinct of admiration and the instinct of love.
1937 D. L. Sayers Zeal of thy House iv. 101 If I neglected lip-service to God, My hands served for me, and I wrought his praise.
1959 H. Mattingly Rom. Imperial Civilization viii. 237 Augustus..was delighted by the hymn of praise that Alexandrine merchants off Puteoli raised to him.
1993 Eastern Synod Lutheran Oct. 8/2 They celebrated the forgiveness of our Lord, the joy of praise and the communion of Holy Supper.
b. praise be to (or unto): may (God, Allah, etc.) be praised. praise be!: ‘May God be praised!’, ‘Thank goodness!’, etc.
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c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxii. 436 Prayse be to our lorde god my creature.
1549 Forme & Maner consecratyng Archebishoppes sig. F.iiijv Laude and praise be to the father,..and to the holy spirite.
1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age ii. sig. C4 Then praise be to the highest Iupiter.
1664 Hist. Sir John Oldcastle 52 Praise be to him, whose plenty sends both this And all things else our mortal bodies need.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxi. 302 The well-known sound of ‘Praise be to God’, which they used as their cry of war, diffused consternation over the unarmed provinces of Africa.
1824 J. Morier Adventures Hajji Baba I. Introd. Epist. p. lii Mashallah! Praise be to God!
1892 Scribner's Mag. Nov. 632/2 Well, praise be, she hasn't a baby, anyhow!
1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xxx. 359 ‘Praise be to goodness you've come,’ she said devoutly, ‘for there's heaps of things to do.’
1974 J. Stubbs Painted Face 15 [He was] afraid of what he might see. But it was, praise be, a man whom he revered.
2005 Malaysia Gen. News (Nexis) 4 Aug. Our economy is OK and these companies, Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah), are doing OK.
3. † a. The condition of deserving to be praised; praiseworthiness. Also: the fact or condition of being praised, regarded as a condition or attribute of the receiver. Obsolete.† b. An object of praise; something worthy to be praised. In later use Scottish colloquial, used in asseverations in place of ‘God’, as praise be blessed, etc. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > fact or condition of being praised
praise1526
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Diiiiv All this processe we haue made to shewe the prayse & dignite of grace.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xliv. 13 For their sakes shal their children & sede contynue for euer, & their prayse [L. gloria eorum] shal neuer be put downe.
1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 4 Albeit the time be schort, sumthing of ȝour prais man we speik.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 108 How many things by season, seasond are to their right prayse, and true perfection. View more context for this quotation
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 632 For he the praises farre surmounts of all that liv'd before.
1687 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II (ed. 2) II. vii. 560 Reflecting still the same honour and praise and glory upon it.
1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. iii. xviii. 146 The Praise of our Prince will receive this Addition, that a Design, hitherto as odious as false, is now become both true and amiable.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 180 The praise of politeness and vivacity could now scarcely be obtained except by some violation of decorum.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [noun] > praiseworthy thing
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes
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1532 T. More Confut. Tyndales Answere iii. p. cccxv Good lorde that art my prayse and my lyfe.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Deut. x. 21 He is thy prayse, & thy God.
a1724 Gaberlunȝieman v She dancid her lane, cry'd, Praise be blest! I have ludg'd a leil poor man.
a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in Wks. (1814) II. 89 Of all our youth the ambition and the praise!
1782 Two Anc. Sc. Poems 45 (note) Praise be blest, God be praised. This is a common form still in Scotland with such as, from reverence, decline to use the sacred name.
1801 J. Skinner in Poems ascribed to Burns 78 But, thanks to praise, ye're i' your prime.
1875 G. MacDonald Malcolm I. ii. 12 Losh! and Praise be thankit! there it's! It's there!
1898 Shetland News 31 Dec. 8/1 Lat dem come, tanks da priase [sic] we're no needin'.
c. A virtue, attribute, merit, etc., for which a person or thing is, or deserves to be, praised. Now rare (literary in later use).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [noun]
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1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. i. 115 The chief prayse and cunning of our Poet is in the discreet vsing of his figures.
1694 N. H. Ladies Dict. Ded. sig. A4v Besides, were all alike fair, what praise were it to be Beautiful.
1724 J. Henley et al. tr. Pliny the Younger Epist. & Panegyrick I. iii. vii. 120 It was a distinguishing praise of Cæsar, to allow that Liberty; and of him that had the Courage to make use of it.
1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 23 A restless crowd,..Whose highest praise is that they live in vain.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. vi. 358 His chief praise, however, was his management of continental relations.
1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche iv. xix. 47 When she should bear a boy To be her growing stay and godlike praise.
1901 F. Thompson in Academy 2 Nov. 402/1 His chief praise is to have given a thinkable picture of a brilliant and bafflingly varied personality.
1954 Times 11 June 8/5 Kenneth Kirk's highest praise is that, all unconsciously, this book reflects the character of its writer more than all his other works put together.
Compounds
C1. General attributive and objective.† praise-prater n. Obsolete rare
praise-begging adj. and n.
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1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxi. 196 Such praise-begging hypocrisy!
1936 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 19 May 5/5 (heading) ‘Praise-begging’ is a mean form of matrimonial nagging.
praise-deserving adj.
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1598 R. Tofte Alba ii I by loftie stile might Beautie win, And blaze abrode her praise deseruing best.
1690 P. Ker Conquest of Eloquence 25 'Tis True he did, I'll not detract From such a praise deserving Act.
1998 Middle East (Nexis) 1 Feb. 39 Put up visual reminders of your most successful projects and praise-deserving teams.
praise-giver n.
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a1652 R. Brome Novella iii. i. sig. K4v, in Five New Playes (1653) It [sc. beauty]breeds but lesse respect, and oft times scorne From those that are ambitious of praise On such praise-givers.
1985 Jrnl. Black Stud. 15 393 The ululation she performs can also be an indication of approval of some extraordinary feat or perfomance; she is a praise-giver.
praise-giving n. and adj.
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1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. 244 [T. Harding writes:] It is praisegeuinge [1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. 97: praise geuen] to God, and prayinge for the People, for Kinges, for the reste.
?1635 R. Crimsal Constant, Faire, & Fine Betty (song) If Hellen were living, she could not please me, I ioy in praise giving, my pretty Betty.
1870 H. Callaway Relig. Syst. of Amazulu 337 These words are izibongo or praise-giving names.
1980 Jrnl. Marriage & Family 42 819/1 Young children prefer the style of praise-giving..that fathers are apt to provide.
2000 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 29 Apr. r2 To move from a mean-spirited, tall-poppy lopping culture to an expansive, generous, praise-giving one.
praise meeting n.
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1856 N. D. George Universalism not of Bible i. 299 Praise meetings (!) have taken their [sc. prayer meetings'] place, the exercises consisting chiefly in praising Universalism and denouncing evangelical truth.
1862 J. M. McKim in N. Amer. & U.S. Gaz. 14 July 1/8 When dey come to de praise meeting dat night dey sing about it.
1894 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 26 297 The National Geographic Society recently celebrated the occasion of its 100th meeting... Altogether it was quite a ‘praise meeting’, with considerable ground for an overflow of good feeling.
2005 South Wales Evening Post (Nexis) 14 Jan. 15 A praise meeting in the evening in Spring Terrace and then a bag of chips and singing all the way home in the car about the goodness we found in Jesus.
praise night n.
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1864 H. Ware Let. 9 Mar. in E. W. Pearson Lett. from Port Royal (1906) 253 Once before when Uncle Sam was sick they have had their praise-meeting up there, for he is the Elder. But it was not praise-night.
1963 A. Baraka Blues People iv. 40 The ‘praise nights’, or ‘prayer meetings’, were also the only times when the Negro felt he could express himself as freely and emotionally as possible.
2002 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 28 Feb. 3 Praise night. An evening of contemporary praise will take place in St Leonard's Church... It begins at 7pm and will feature the St Leonard's Praise Band.
praise offering n.
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a1711 T. Ken Edmund ix, in Wks. (1721) II. 255 Soon as Praise-offerings at the Throne I pay.
1887 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 380/1 Pious minds..came to the conclusion that song-birds were ecstatic worshippers of Deity, and that all their pipings were conscious praise-offerings.
2005 Philadelphia Enquirer (Nexis) 27 Mar. c4 [Easter] services are jubilant, with congregants customarily sporting new clothes and often bringing flowers as praise offerings.
praise portion n.
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1900 Westm. Gaz. 23 Apr. 4/2 It is the first serious attempt to introduce the praise portions of the Eastern service books to English readers since..1862.
1927 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Apr. 5/4 In the Praise portion of the service Miss Winnie Grant..and Mrs. Grant assisted, the latter presiding at the organ.
2002 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) (Nexis) 26 Oct. b1 [The] worship leader..handles the praise portion, a major component of the service.
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1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. ii. 143 If they bestow not upon one of these Praise-Praters, the best garments they have.
praise time n.
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1537 Injunct. by Bp. of Worceter in T. Abingdon Antiq. Worcester (1717) 162 That in prase tyme no..body be browgth into the Church, but be browgth into the Church~yard.
1991 Los Angeles Sentinel (Nexis) 11 Dec. 7 a The younger generation of my church had come into conflict with elder members of the church for having made too much ruckus during praise time.
praise trap n.
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1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxi. 196 Such contemptible praise-traps!
2000 CBS News Transcripts (Nexis) 4 Nov. Too much praise actually eats away at self-motivation and self-evaluation skills... So you have to be careful of that praise trap.
praise-winning adj.
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a1618 J. Sylvester tr. O. de la Noue Profit of Imprisonm. in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Divine Weekes & Workes (1621) 629 To such praise-winning place, braue Souldiers gladly run.
1848 Biblical Repertory Jan. 118 What is this proper and praise-winning expression of the inward unity of the church?
2005 Knoxville (Tennessee) News-Sentinel (Nexis) 10 July e2 Don..delighted the crowd with his praise-winning ribs.
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praise book n. (esp. in some Nonconformist or non-episcopal Churches) a hymn book.
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1865 Times 25 Oct. 12/7 (advt.) Shortly, crown 4to., The Praise Book. Being Hymns and appropriate Harmonies.
1888 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 4 Feb. It is expected that a new choir will soon help in the services. New praise books have just been bought.
1998 Wichita (Kansas) Eagle (Nexis) 13 May The final celebratory song, ‘Praise the King’, will surely find its way into the praise books at some contemporary churches.
praise house n. U.S. regional (southern) and Caribbean a small meeting house for religious services.
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society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > chapel > [noun] > nonconformist
conventicle?1550
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gospel-shop?1782
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Ebenezer1849
Bethesda1857
Salem1857
praise house1862
1862 H. Ware Let. 21 Apr. in E. W. Pearson Lett. from Port Royal (1906) 20 I went with him to the praise-house, where he has his school.
1942 Salisbury (Maryland) Times 21 Jan. 4/6 She wrapped her arms around herself, Gullah fashion, and began crooning a bit from one of their praise-house songs.
1973 in L. McDaniel Big Drum Ritual Carriacou (1998) iii. 114 During the ‘surveying’ process of the service, libation is offered at the four corners and doorways of the praise house.
1993 H. N. Thomas Spirits in Dark xix. 215 Pointer Francis led him by the arm the short distance to the praise house.
praise leader n. a person who leads the singing during services in certain Nonconformist or non-episcopal Churches.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > precentor
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precentor1516
cantora1552
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praise leader1920
society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > singer of church music > [noun] > cantor or precentor
arch-chantera1387
chanterc1390
chanterer1482
ruler1485
precentor1516
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uptaker1620
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praise leader1920
1920 C. Jerdan Sc. Clerical Stories xviii. 370 The minister..looked down over the side of the pulpit and said to the praise-leader, ‘Is David ill?’
2005 Akron (Ohio) Beacon Jrnl. (Nexis) 5 June He's a guitar-playing praise leader and an officer of the youth group at the Korean Central Presbyterian Church in Brecksville.
praise name n. among certain African peoples, a name or title used in ceremonial contexts; a name applied to the subject of a praise poem.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > other specific names or types of name
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Singh1623
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explicative1669
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household name1804
class term1811
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autonym1879
throne name1880
demonymic1893
ethnonym1894
a name to conjure with1901
praise name1904
self-reference1948
exonym1957
specific1962
endonym1970
demonym1990
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > types of laudatory poem
qasida1772
drápa1843
praise1861
epigram1872
praise song1886
praise name1904
praise poem1925
1904 D. Kidd Essent. Kafir ii. 91 If the trouble does not vanish..the people..say to the spirits, ‘When have we ceased to kill cattle for you, and when have we ever refused to praise you by your praise-names?’
1935 Critic (Cape Town) Oct. 2 The Tswana-speaking clan called the Ba Ra Moseki has as its praise-name the name Mokwena (from kwena, ‘crocodile’, the ‘totem’ of the clan), and every member of that clan is addressed as Mokwena on suitable occasions.
1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) xii. 150 The central government was carried on by the king and about 120 titled officials, each of whom had his own praise-name and his special insignia.
praise poem n. a laudatory poem; spec. one of a genre belonging to the oral tradition of certain African peoples.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun] > laudatory poem > in Africa
praise1861
praise song1886
praise poem1925
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > types of laudatory poem
qasida1772
drápa1843
praise1861
epigram1872
praise song1886
praise name1904
praise poem1925
1925 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 3 780 The praise-poems would..have as their aim to give a poetical picture of the hero's character and great deeds.
1935 Critic (Cape Town) Oct. 4 A praise-poem..consists of a number of stanzas, following each other in different order in different versions of the same poem.
1957 S. Einarsson Hist. Icelandic Lit. 44 Most scholars assume that skaldic poetry originated at the courts of kings, the poems being praise poems to celebrate the deeds of these kings.
1989 B. Head Tales Tenderness & Power (1990) 83 Loud and clear his voice was but something was wrong with the praise poem.
praise poet n. a person who composes or performs praise poems; (chiefly) spec. = imbongi n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > praise poet
praiser1836
praise poet1935
praise-reciter1935
mbongo1948
griot1968
1935 Critic (Cape Town) Oct. 7 The old praise-poets had to compose in their heads, and had to remember as they went along.
1992 S. Afr. Panorama Nov.–Dec. 75 In Transkei, the iimbongi, the public orators or praise poets, have gradually shifted their allegiance from royalty to political figures.
praise poetry n. praise poems collectively or as a genre.
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1968 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 31 408/2 One of the most striking features or early Tamil poetry is the very great extent to which the whole apparatus of the natural world is employed in both love- and praise-poetry.
1970 R. Finnegan Oral Lit. in Afr. v. 111 The ‘praise names’..often form the basis of formal praise poetry.
1993 I. Bradley Celtic Way v. 97 There is an extensive and distinctive genre in Celtic literature, found particularly but not exclusively in Welsh, which has been categorised as praise poetry.
praise-reciter n. = praise poet n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun] > one who composes or utters > composer or reciter of praise poem
imbongi1836
praiser1836
praise-reciter1935
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > praise poet
praiser1836
praise poet1935
praise-reciter1935
mbongo1948
griot1968
1935 Critic (Cape Town) Oct. 7 A praise-reciter, whose business it is to know and remember praise-poems.
1971 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 12 548 Sechele's praise-reciter (mmoki) gave a different version of the outcome to that generally accepted.
praise singer n. a person who sings the praises of others; spec. a person who performs praise songs.
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1946 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 14 Oct. 1/5 Many of his staunchest praise singers are ashamed to look him in the face.
1954 M. F. Smith Baba of Karo i. iii. 62 When you hear drumming, you hear the deep drum and you hear the praise-singers—you'll give them money!
1977 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 27 Apr. The installation of the new Chancellor..was a dignified affair but it is difficult to understand what relevance a Xhosa praise singer had to the function.
1990 Washington Times (Nexis) 5 Dec. g2 No one should expect Jimmy Carter or any other Democrat to be a praise singer for Ronald Reagan.
praise-singing adj. and n. (a) n. the action or occupation of singing praises or praise songs; (b) adj. that sings praises or praise songs.
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1887 St. Joseph (Mich.) Herald 16 Apr. The praise-singing of some pious sister in one of the convents that abound in the Haute Ville.
1910 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 25 303 There can be small doubt that this is that praise-singing multitude who had ‘washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb’, Revelation vii, 9–14.
1957 Africa 27 26 (title) The social functions and meaning of Hausa praise-singing.
2004 Scotsman (Nexis) 6 Apr. 16 The band Cliar joined Lothian and Glasgow Gaelic choirs in a celebration of Gaelic praise-singing for the 21st century.
praise song n. a laudatory song, a song of praise; (spec. in some African traditions) = praise poem n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun] > song
lovingeOE
paean1598
Magnificat1614
praise song1886
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun] > laudatory poem > in Africa
praise1861
praise song1886
praise poem1925
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > types of laudatory poem
qasida1772
drápa1843
praise1861
epigram1872
praise song1886
praise name1904
praise poem1925
1886 J. S. Corbett Fall of Asgard II. 184 He made a little praise-song about him.
1928 W. C. Willoughby Soul of Bantu iv. 368 Praise-songs, which make up in glory for all they lack in veracity, are chanted upon occasion by the men whom they extol.
1994 A. Gurnah Paradise (1995) 41 His clown pranced beside him singing his praise-songs.
C3. attributive. Originally and chiefly U.S. Designating a communication whose main purpose is to praise the recipient, as praise card, praise letter, etc.
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1925 Iowa City Press Citizen 29 Jan. 7/7 News notes from Station KDKA..brought praise letters and telegrams from 40 States.
1953 L. S. Mitchell Two Lives v. xxiv. 449 They began to question some of the old techniques of human relationships such as praise cards and gold stars.
1973 Chicago Herald 28 Dec. i. 8/4 Praise letters included sentences such as ‘I just bought two packages of your candy bars and was delighted to find them so delicious.’
1998 Courier-Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 22 Aug. 3 Well-behaved students receive praise cards, $1 tuckshop vouchers and earn free time in the ‘fun room’ filled with games.
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† praiseadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Chief, pre-eminent.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [adjective]
firsteOE
headOE
highOE
greatc1350
upperestc1374
chief1377
singular1377
principala1382
royalc1425
cardinal1440
pre-eminenta1460
praisea1475
main1480
maina1525
primary1565
captain1566
arch1574
mistressa1586
capital1597
topless1609
primea1616
metropolitan1635
transeminent1660
whole1675
uppermost1680
primus inter pares1688
topping1694
Sudder1787
par excellence1839
banner1840
primatial1892
a1475 (a1450) Tournam. of Tottenham (Harl.) (1930) 215 (MED) Þe prayse folk [v.r. chefe men] þat hur led Were of þe turnament.
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praisev.
/preɪz/, U.S. /preɪz/ I. Senses relating to commending or lauding.
1. † d. transitive. To cause (a person or thing) to be praised; to reflect praise or honour on. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To express warm approbation of; to proclaim or commend the excellence or merits of; to speak highly of; to laud.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)]
heryc735
mickleeOE
loveOE
praise?c1225
upraisea1300
alosec1300
commenda1340
allow1340
laud1377
lose1377
avauntc1380
magnifya1382
enhancea1400
roosea1400
recommendc1400
recommanda1413
to bear up?a1425
exalt1430
to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445
laudifyc1470
gloryc1475
advance1483
to bear out1485
prizec1485
to be or to have in laudationa1500
joya1500
extol1509
collaud1512
concend?1521
solemnize?1521
celebrate1522
stellify1523
to set up1535
well-word1547
predicate1552
glorify1557
to set forth1565
admire1566
to be up with1592
voice1594
magnificate1598
plaud1598
concelebrate1599
encomionize1599
to con laud1602
applauda1616
panegyrize1617
acclamate1624
to set offa1625
acclaim1626
raise1645
complement1649
encomiate1651
voguec1661
phrase1675
to set out1688
Alexander1700
talk1723
panegyricize1777
bemouth1799
eulogizea1810
rhapsodize1819
crack up1829
rhapsody1847
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 60 An halimon seide þoa me Preisede [a1400 Pepys praiseden] him ane breðre þet he hefde iherd of muchele speche.
c1300 St. James Great (Laud) 331 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 43 (MED) Among alle men..mest ich preisie [a1325 Corpus Cambr. preisi] þe.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 16 (MED) Hi wylleþ by aboue oþren and more..y-preyzed þanne eni oþer þet betere byeþ worþ.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 3577 (MED) He praises [a1400 Gött. praysis; a1400 Trin. Cambr. preiseþ] al thing þat es gon; O present thing he praisses [a1400 Gött. prayses] non.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. vii Men preysen somtyme that that shold be blamed.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 2151 Than was priam full proude, preyset his lordes, Þonket hom þroly.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall 17 He will..praise him, that he is not infected with..Vniuersitie learning.
1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico ix. 32 The Subjects..praised him to the skies.
1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 178 For a Man to praise or dispraise himself is ungrateful, and quickly cloyes the hearer.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxvii. 352 [He] praised me, that I don't carry my Charity to Extremes.
1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 702 What we admire we praise, and when we praise, Advance it into notice.
1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley i. 14 Mr. Wallace praised the garden..to the heart's content of its owner.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 151 The rewards of wicked men are often praised by poets and approved by the world.
1931 ‘B. Starke’ Touch & Go xvi. 259 Dick praised me for not saying anything.
1959 Good Food Guide 32 Among the dishes tested and praised by members are..braised ham and Bakewell tart.
2005 T. Aw Harmony Silk Factory i. iv. 34 Doctors praised his bravery and admired his ‘buffalo-like’ constitution.
b. transitive. In infinitive used predicatively with passive meaning: to be praised; deserving of praise; praiseworthy. Cf. praising n. 1b. Now rare.In later use chiefly in collocation with to blame; cf. blame v. 6.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > (Deserving of) praise [verb (transitive)]
praisec1300
to praisinga1398
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 60 (MED) Michel was svich a king to preyse Þat held so englond in grith!
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 1320 Þe prinse..oþer king nis to preisi noȝt.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl 301 (MED) I halde þat iueler lyttel to prayse.
a1450 Late Middle Eng. Treat. on Horses (1978) 87 (MED) Gret eyen & oute stepe is wel for to preise.
a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) 631 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 103 Stidfast trouth is nothyng for to preyes.
1535 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (rev. ed.) v. f. xxxiiii/1 And lykewyse if the heed be to great it is not to prayse [L. est illaudabile].
1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 783 Yet we should have been to blame, if Shakspeare be to praise.
1846 R. Browning Let. Apr. (1898) II. 88 See what the longer [letter] says of the improved diction, freedom from difficulty &c. Who is to praise for that, my Ba?
2004 Times (Nexis) 15 Jan. 2 Local voters should know who is to praise or who to blame for the good and bad spending decisions.
c. intransitive. To express approbation; to bestow praise.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (intransitive)]
loveOE
praisec1330
admire1662
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 407 (MED) Of þing þat is him dere, Ich man preise at ende.
c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 473 Certes, the commendacioun of the peple is som tyme ful fals..this day they preise [v.r. prayse]; to morwe they blame.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 157 (MED) Ouer-myche to Preyse is suspecte of losengry; and ouer-myche mespryce, of felonye.
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cvi. sig. G3 For we which now behold these present dayes, Haue eyes to wonder, but lack toungs to praise . View more context for this quotation
1664 A. Cowley To Mrs. K.P. upon her Poems Thou dost my wonder, wouldst my envy raise, If to be prais'd I lov'd more than to praise.
a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) I. 133 Such is the mode of these censorious days, The art is lost of knowing how to praise.
1781 W. Cowper Epist. to Lady in France in Poems (1980) I. 444 A stranger's purpose in these lays Is to congratulate, and not to praise.
1879 Fortn. Rev. Apr. 507 So Molière is read or witnessed; we laugh and we praise.
1939 Fortune Oct. 55/1 The purpose of the whole is neither to praise nor to blame—but to measure.
1996 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) 28 Apr. 4/6 I don't publicly criticize my allies... I was raised to praise in public, criticize in private.
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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 348 There are brought good cheeses from two coasts of the Alpes, which greatly praise the pasture thereabout.
1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) i. 24 Men shoot bullets against armour of proof, not to hurt it, but to praise it.
1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 92 As Shadows, judiciously plac'd, do no lesse praise the Painter, than do the livelier and brighter Colours.
2. transitive. To glorify (a deity, a venerated person, etc.), esp. through ceremony, ritual, song, or prayer; to sing the praises of.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > [verb (transitive)]
heryc735
wortheOE
hallowa1000
blessOE
worshipa1200
servec1225
anourec1275
adorec1300
glorify1340
laud1377
magnifya1382
praisea1382
sacre1390
feara1400
reverencec1400
anorna1425
adorn1480
embrace1490
elevatea1513
reverent1565
god1595
venerate1623
thanksgivea1638
congratule1657
doxologizea1816
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > in worship
laud1377
praisea1382
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 1 Paralip. xvi. 4 Þe leuytes..schulden..glorifien & preysen [a1425 L.V. preyse] þe lord god of israel.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 17v He ceseþ neuere..to preise god.
?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 134 (MED) Þe fendis chirche in þise daies preesen aboue clowdis Crist & hise hooli seyntis wiþ wordis & wiþ signes.
?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) i. xxix. f. 18v (MED) Confitemini Domino..Louiþ and preisiþ Oure Lorde.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. MMMiiv Clennesse of hert, wherby they may worthely, laude and prayse god.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ix. 3) The faythfull prayse God sincerely and without colourablenesse.
1644 D. Featley Gentle Lash 9 The more to praise God, and sing more tuneably and delightfully.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 87 In jolly Hymns they praise the God of Wine. View more context for this quotation
1728 B. Franklin Articles of Belief & Acts of Relig. i Let me then not fail to praise my God continually, for it is his Due.
1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity II. viii. 122 Thomas Aquinas says, the church does not use musical instruments to praise God, lest she should seem to judaize.
1833 S. Hoole Disc. xiii. 171 We shall praise him—not tremblingly and unfruitfully,..but joyfully and profitably.
1884 F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer (ed. 2) I. i. 8 ‘The saints be praised,’ thought I.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 18 Aug. 5/3 So remarkable a congregation—so many-tongued, yet..uniting to praise God in one language.
1961 E. Mosbacher tr. ‘I. Silone’ Fox & Camellias vi. 66 ‘Heaven be praised for these Italians!’ he exclaimed as soon as he had shut the study door behind him.
1991 Wilson Q. Summer 40/2 In the Veda, one hymn will praise one god as the supreme god..but another hymn will use exactly the same words to praise another god.
3. transitive and intransitive. In various proverbs and proverbial phrases.
a. gen.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > gain credit by [verb (transitive)] > do credit or bring honour to
to do (one's) honour toa1450
grace1578
credita1594
to do grace to1597
praisea1633
to do credit to1679
redound1681
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 4024 (MED) For wis begynnyng is preysed be þe ende.
1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 32 Who now so long hath prays'd the Choughs white bill That he hath left her ne'er a flying quill.
a1633 G. Herbert Jacula Prudentum in Wks. (1857) 304 Praise day at night, and life at the end.
a1633 G. Herbert Jacula Prudentum in Wks. (1857) 317 Praise a hill, but keep below. Praise the sea, but keep on land.
1681 T. Flatman Heraclitus Ridens (1713) I. xxi. 142 Let them praise a fair day at Night.
1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives III. lii. 143 Certainly I should be fain to praise the bridge that a [sic] carries me safe over.
1853 R. C. Trench Lessons Prov. (1894) iv. 89 This is Spanish: Call me not ‘olive’, till you see me gathered; being nearly parallel to our own: Praise a fair day at night.
1991 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 7 Aug. b6 Rules of the sea and passenger safety apparently meant little to..his senior officers, whose modus operandi seems to have been ‘Praise the sea, on shore remain.’
1996 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Oct. a1/2 He knows I'm 100 percent black and he sure did pay me respect. You have to praise the bridge that carries you across.
b. spec.† (a) praise at parting and variants. Obsolete.† (b) praise the child and you make love to the mother. Obsolete.
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a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 39 (MED) ‘Preyse at þe parting,’ seide þe knyȝt, ‘And bihold wele þe ende.’
1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. L She doth but praise your lucke at parting.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iii. iii. 39 Al. A kinde Of excellent dumbe discourse. Pro. Praise in departing. View more context for this quotation
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1829 W. Cobbett Advice to Young Men iv. §181 It is an old saying, ‘Praise the child, and you make love to the mother.’
1885 E. J. Hardy How to be Happy though Married xix. 172 ‘Praise the child, and you make love to the mother’, and it is a thing that no husband ought to overlook.
(c) [After to damn with faint praise at damn v. Phrases 4.] to praise with faint damns: to criticize half-heartedly, esp. so as to imply praise.
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1885 H. A. Beers Nathaniel Parker Willis v. 194 The former accordingly greeted his book with warm approval, and the latter praised it with faint damns.
1937 Times 28 May 8/1 Lord Cranworth said that he regretted having to join the chorus which had damned the Bill with faint praise. He proposed to praise it with faint damns.
2004 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 24 Oct. (Sport section) 5 Although he has won 35 caps under Sven-Goran Eriksson..for most of those appearances he was praised with faint damns.
(d) praise the Lord and pass the ammunition and variants: used allusively with reference to people who combine piety with militarism.The phrase was supposedly used by a U.S. Navy chaplain (generally thought to be Howell Maurice Forgy (1908–1983), although other names have been suggested) during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (see quot. 19421).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > war > catchphrases [phrase]
snafu1941
praise the Lord and pass the ammunition1942
1942 Limestone Democrat (Athens, Alabama) 26 Feb. 2/1 During a lull in the firing this man of God was heard to intone: ‘Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition, I just got one of the s— of b—.’
1942 F. Loesser (title of song) Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
1958 B. L. Montgomery Mem. xxxiii. 539 He was once good enough to refer to me as a Cromwellian figure no doubt because I have always tried both to praise the Lord and to pass the ammunition.
1982 Times 31 July 10/6 Can we leave unchallenged those who believe it possible to praise God and pass the ammunition?
4. transitive. To value, esteem; to attach value to; = prize v.1 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > [verb (transitive)]
haveeOE
weenc1000
praisec1250
setc1374
set by1393
endaunt1399
prizec1400
reverencec1400
tender1439
repute1445
to have (also make, take) regard to or that1457
to take, make, set (no) count of (upon, by)c1475
pricec1480
to make (great, etc.) account (also count, esteem, estimation, reckoning, regard, store) of1483
force1509
to look upon ——c1515
to have (also hold) in estimationc1522
to make reckoning of1525
esteem1530
regard1533
to tell, make, hold, set (great, little, no) store of1540
value1549
to make dainty of (anything)1555
reckon1576
to be struck on1602
agrade1611
respect1613
beteem1627
appreciate1648
to put, set (an) esteem, a high, low esteem upon1665
to think small beer of1816
to think the world of1826
existimate1847
reckon1919
rate1973
c1250 in Stud. Philol. (1931) 28 596 (MED) Suyc richesse preyse ic nout.
?a1300 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Digby) vi, in Anglia (1881) 4 192 (MED) Ne preise ich þe nouht for a gloue.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 246 (MED) Selden was for ani chance Praised Inglis tong in france.
1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 46 Jakke, thi lewid prophecie I preise not at a peese.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 128 Ne here wittes j preyse not at a budde.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xiii. 40 They preysed nothing the thinges that were erthely.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 285 Nother thou nor thy god I preyse not a rotyn dogge.
1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. iv. 19 Sum tyme in mynde sho praisit me sa hycht, Leifand all vther.
a1590 Rules of Health (Moray Arch., Darnaway Castle) Quhairfore I prayse and loifis greitlie the vse of cassia.
5. transitive. To estimate or fix the monetary value of; to fix the price of (something for sale); to appraise. Cf. prize v.1 1. Also intransitive. Obsolete (English regional in later use).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > be valued at [verb (transitive)] > set value on
praisea1325
extendc1330
appraise1424
value1434
value1439
setc1460
valure1487
appreciate1512
rate1555
estimate1611
put1755
c1290 Britton (1865) I. i. vi. §2. 35 Ses chateus preyseez et deliverez a les villez.]
a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) 789 (MED) Anon ffor þreo hondred pans he preysede hit ywis.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Matt. xxvii. 9 Thritty platis of syluer, the pris [a1425 L.V. prijs] of a man preysid, whom they preysiden [a1425 L.V. preiseden].
c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. v. 172 (MED) Þere were chapmen chosen þat chaffare to preise [v.rr. praysen, prase].
c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 108 (MED) The riches that there were..were prased to more value then x thovsand besantes of golde.
1521 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 122 Praisid at v li, x mylch kene.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 664/1 I prayse a thynge, I esteme of what value it is, je aprise.
1554 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V (1885) 415 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 The said silver platte..to be preasid as abowe wryttin.
1612 W. Strachey Lawes in P. Force Tracts (1844) III. ii. 13 If any man die and make a will,..his next of kinne..shall from the Company, Committies, or aduenturers, receiue due satisfaction in monyes, according as they were praised.
1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxi. 74 An inventory was taken..and all was praised at an hundred and thirty thousand Taels.
1713 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1898) IV. 252 His own Picture..brought to London to be prazed.
1724 N. Covert & W. Bohun Scrivener's Guide (ed. 4) I. 85 After the Goods, Chattels and Credits of the said R. C. shall be so viewed and praised, and an Inventory thereof made and taken as aforesaid.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Praise, to appraise; to value. I do praise thick yeffer in vourteen poun', and I wid'n zill 'n vor no less, nif he was mine.
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adj.a1475v.?c1225- cottonprinter
- cottonprinting
- cottonproducing
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- cottonrush
- cottons
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- cottonsedge
- cottonseed cleaner
- cottonseed huller
- cottonseed meal
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- cottonseed planter
- cottonspinner
- cottonspinnery
- cottonspinning
- cottonstainer
- cottontail
- cottontails