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extol
ex·tol also ex·toll E0298500 (ĭk-stōl′)tr.v. ex·tolled, ex·tol·ling, ex·tols also ex·tolled or ex·toll·ing or ex·tolls To praise highly; exalt. See Synonyms at praise.
[Middle English extollen, from Latin extollere, to lift up, praise : ex-, up from; see ex- + tollere, to lift; see telə- in Indo-European roots.]
ex·tol′ler n.ex·tol′ment n.extol (ɪkˈstəʊl) or extollvb, -tols, -tolling or -tolled, -tolls, -tolling or -tolled (tr) to praise lavishly; exalt[C15: from Latin extollere to elevate, from tollere to raise] exˈtoller n exˈtollingly adv exˈtolment nex•tol or ex•toll (ɪkˈstoʊl, -ˈstɒl)
v.t. -tolled, -tol•ling. to praise highly; laud. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin extollere to lift up, praise =ex- ex-1 + tollere to lift] ex•tol′ler, n. ex•tol′ment, ex•toll′ment, n. extol
Past participle: extolled
Gerund: extolling
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| I extol | | you extol | | he/she/it extols | | we extol | | you extol | | they extol |
| Preterite |
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| I extolled | | you extolled | | he/she/it extolled | | we extolled | | you extolled | | they extolled |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am extolling | | you are extolling | | he/she/it is extolling | | we are extolling | | you are extolling | | they are extolling |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have extolled | | you have extolled | | he/she/it has extolled | | we have extolled | | you have extolled | | they have extolled |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was extolling | | you were extolling | | he/she/it was extolling | | we were extolling | | you were extolling | | they were extolling |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had extolled | | you had extolled | | he/she/it had extolled | | we had extolled | | you had extolled | | they had extolled |
| Future |
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| I will extol | | you will extol | | he/she/it will extol | | we will extol | | you will extol | | they will extol |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have extolled | | you will have extolled | | he/she/it will have extolled | | we will have extolled | | you will have extolled | | they will have extolled |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be extolling | | you will be extolling | | he/she/it will be extolling | | we will be extolling | | you will be extolling | | they will be extolling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been extolling | | you have been extolling | | he/she/it has been extolling | | we have been extolling | | you have been extolling | | they have been extolling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been extolling | | you will have been extolling | | he/she/it will have been extolling | | we will have been extolling | | you will have been extolling | | they will have been extolling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been extolling | | you had been extolling | | he/she/it had been extolling | | we had been extolling | | you had been extolling | | they had been extolling |
| Conditional |
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| I would extol | | you would extol | | he/she/it would extol | | we would extol | | you would extol | | they would extol |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have extolled | | you would have extolled | | he/she/it would have extolled | | we would have extolled | | you would have extolled | | they would have extolled |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | extol - praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"exalt, glorify, laud, proclaimpraise - express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"canonise, canonize - treat as a sacred person; "He canonizes women"ensky - exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praisecrack up - rhapsodize abouthymn - praise by singing a hymn; "They hymned their love of God" |
extolverb praise, acclaim, applaud, pay tribute to, celebrate, commend, magnify (archaic), glorify, exalt, laud, crack up (informal), sing the praises of, big up (slang, chiefly Caribbean), eulogize, cry up, panegyrize She keeps extolling his managerial skills.extolverb1. To pay tribute or homage to:acclaim, celebrate, eulogize, exalt, glorify, hail, honor, laud, magnify, panegyrize, praise.Idiom: sing someone's praises.2. To honor (a deity) in religious worship:exalt, glorify, laud, magnify, praise.Translationsextol (ikˈstəul) – past tense, past participle exˈtolled – verb to praise highly. 頌揚 颂扬extol
extol (someone or something) as (something)To highlight and praise the positive aspects of someone or something by depicting it or them as having a certain quality or fulfilling a certain role. After he made that sizable donation, we extolled him as the savior of the program.See also: extolextol someone or something as somethingto praise someone or something as something. We extolled her as a heroine. The salesman extolled the medicine as a cure-all.See also: extolpraise someone or something to the skiesFig. to give someone or something much praise. He wasn't very good, but his friends praised him to the skies. They liked your pie. Everyone praised it to the skies.See also: praise, skiespraise to the skiesCommend lavishly or excessively, as in The critics praised the new soprano to the skies. This expression, alluding to lofty praise, was in the 1600s put as extol to the skies but acquired its present form in the early 1800s. Also see sing one's praises. See also: praise, skiesextol
Synonyms for extolverb praiseSynonyms- praise
- acclaim
- applaud
- pay tribute to
- celebrate
- commend
- magnify
- glorify
- exalt
- laud
- crack up
- sing the praises of
- big up
- eulogize
- cry up
- panegyrize
Synonyms for extolverb to pay tribute or homage toSynonyms- acclaim
- celebrate
- eulogize
- exalt
- glorify
- hail
- honor
- laud
- magnify
- panegyrize
- praise
verb to honor (a deity) in religious worshipSynonyms- exalt
- glorify
- laud
- magnify
- praise
Synonyms for extolverb praise, glorify, or honorSynonymsRelated Words- praise
- canonise
- canonize
- ensky
- crack up
- hymn
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