Extol
[ɪk'stəʊl;ek-] or [ɪk'stol]
Definition
(v. t.) To place on high; to lift up; to elevate.
(v. t.) To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Praise, laud, applaud, magnify, exalt, celebrate, glorify, commend highly.
Typist: Maxine
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PRAISE]
Typed by Barack
Definition
v.t. to magnify: to praise:—pr.p. extolling; pa.p. extolled′.—n. Extol′ment the act of extolling: the state of being extolled.
Editor: Sonya
Examples
- Arthur, not being in the mood to extol the memory of the deceased, was silent. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It is the humor of many heads to extol the days of their forefathers, and declaim against the wickedness of times present. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Not so disinterested either, my dear, if you mean to extol me for that virtue, since if you were generally on the road, you could be seldom with me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I cannot sufficiently extol the genius with which de Hamal managed our flight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The excellent and considerate feelings which prompted Mr. Winkle to take this step can never be too highly appreciated or too warmly extolled. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Labor is extolled; service is a much-lauded moral ideal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He was no mocking-bird of praise, to try because another extolled what he reverenced and passionately loved, to outdo him in laudation. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I am not even ambitious of a show-death, to have my fortitude, or my sweet smile, or my calm courage, or my last prayers extolled. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Tippins, letting down the window, playfully extols the vigilance of her cavalier in being in waiting there to hand her out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Michael