transitive. To praise, glorify, exalt, honour, worship.

transitive. To magnify, extol.

transitive. To praise, extol (God, a person, etc.). Occasionally with cognate object. Obsolete.

transitive. To express warm approbation of; to proclaim or commend the excellence or merits of; to speak highly of; to laud.

To raise by laudation; to extol. Obsolete.

transitive. To praise, esteem. Chiefly in passive.

gen. To mention as worthy of acceptance or approval, to express approbation of, praise, extol.

transitive. To laud, praise, commend. Obsolete.

transitive. To praise, to sing or speak the praises of; to celebrate. Often to laud and bless (praise, magnify). Originally implying an act of…

transitive. To praise. Also absol.

transitive. To speak boastfully or proudly of. To speak proudly of, praise, commend (a person).

transitive. To praise highly; to glorify, extol. Obsolete except as in sense 1b.

In various figurative or immaterial senses, with personal object. To praise, extol.

transitive. To praise, extol, commend, flatter. Also reflexive.

transitive. To praise, extol, or commend (a person). Obsolete (but cf. sense 6).

transitive. To commend (a person) to another; to convey the regards (of somebody) to another. Also with unto. Cf. recommend, v.1 3b.

transitive. To exalt, raise up (a person or thing). Formerly also reflexive: †to exalt oneself; to promote oneself on the strength of a specified…

In various figurative or non-material senses. To praise, extol, magnify. Also absol.

intransitive. to say well (also evil, ill,etc.) of (also †by): to speak well or ill of; to say something to a person's credit or discredit. Now rare.

transitive. To extol with praises.

transitive (a) To give glory to; to honour. (b) To make glorious; to adorn. Obsolete.

transitive. To magnify, extol; (reflexive) to boast. Cf. avaunt, n.1, vaunt, n.1 Obsolete.

transitive. To praise publicly; to extol. Obsolete.

transitive. Chiefly Scottish. To laud or extol; to commend the merits or excellence of; = praise, v. 1. Obsolete.

The action of praising; an instance of this, a laudatory inscription. Also, the condition of being praised, as †to beor to have in laudation.

transitive. To salute or greet with expressions of joy, welcome, or honour; in early use, to give glory to, glorify, extol. Obsolete.

To raise high with praise; to praise highly; to magnify.

To praise highly, extol.

transitive. Perhaps: to praise, extol.

To celebrate with praise or commendation; to laud or glorify. Obsolete.

transitive. To honour or praise publicly; to extol or spread the fame of. In later use (often in passive): to admire or commend, esp. for specified…

figurative. To extol. Obsolete.

†To speak highly of, extol, praise (obsolete); to put forward as a model, ‘put on a pedestal’.

transitive. To speak well of; to eulogize.

transitive. To announce or declare publicly; to preach; to assert or affirm as true or existent. Also: †to praise or commend publicly, to extol (obs…

To describe or represent as glorious; to extol, honour, magnify with praise (a person or thing).

To praise, commend. Obsolete.

transitive. To express one's admiration for (a person or thing); to praise. Also intransitive.

up with (also †mid) ——. (Cf. 28.) Denoting support or advocacy of a person or thing. †to be up with, to commend, praise, laud, extol. Obsolete.

transitive. To elect (a person) by voice or vote; to nominate or appoint to an office. Also with out. Obsolete.

transitive. = magnify, v. 1.

transitive. To applaud; to praise.

transitive. To honour or praise publicly; to extol. Obsolete.

transitive. To pronounce an encomium upon; to eulogize.

transitive. to con grame: to express one's indignation. to con gree: to express one's satisfaction. to con laud: to express praise. to con maugre…

To express approval of in any way; to approve of, praise.

transitive. To write or deliver a panegyric on (a person, quality, etc.); to speak or write in praise of; to eulogize.

transitive. = acclaim, v. (in various senses).

To give a flattering description of, commend, praise.

transitive. To praise publicly and enthusiastically; to applaud, extol.

figurative. transitive. To extol, praise. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. ‘To sooth with acts or expressions of respect; to flatter; to praise’: see compliment, v. 2. Obsolete.

transitive. To pronounce an encomium upon; to extol, commend.

transitive. To cry up or down.

transitive. Scottish. To make much of in words, to make a fuss about; to praise, to flatter, esp. over-effusively or insincerely. Also intransitive…

To extol, ‘crack up’. Obsolete.

transitive. With up. To praise or flatter (a person); to extol.

With adv. or prep.: To influence, move, or affect by talking; as to talk down, (a) to put down by talking; to out-talk; (b) to reduce or diminish…

transitive. = panegyrize, v. 1.

transitive. To mouth the praises of (a person); to talk grandiloquently, to declaim.

transitive. To pronounce a eulogy upon; to speak or write in commendation of; to extol, praise.

transitive. To speak or write about ecstatically or effusively; to praise enthusiastically. Also (with direct speech as object): to say or write…

transitive. crack up: to praise, eulogize (a person or thing). So to crack into (repute, etc.) Also (in passive), to be reputed (usually in…

transitive. With direct speech as object: to say or write in an effusive or enthusiastic manner. Cf. rhapsodize, v. 4b.