extol

extol
    v 1: praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's
         children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: {laud},
         {extol}, {exalt}, {glorify}, {proclaim}]
    

Extol \Ex*tol"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Extolled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Extolling}.] [L. extollere; ex out + tollere to lift, take
   up, or raise: cf. OF. extoller. See {Tollerate}, and cf.
   {Flate}.]
   1. To place on high; to lift up; to elevate. [Obs.]
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            Who extolled you in the half-crown boxes,
            Where you might sit and muster all the beauties.
                                                  --Beau. & Fl.
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   2. 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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            Wherein have I so deserved of you,
            That you extol me thus?               --Shak.

   Syn: To praise; applaud; commend; magnify; celebrate; laud;
        glorify. See {Praise}.
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46 Moby Thesaurus words for "extol":
      acclaim, adulate, apotheosize, applaud, belaud, bepraise, bless,
      bless the Lord, blow up, boast of, brag about, celebrate, cheer,
      commend, compliment, congratulate, cry up, deify, doxologize,
      elevate, emblazon, eulogize, exalt, flatter, glorify,
      glorify the Lord, hero-worship, honor, hymn, idolize, laud,
      lionize, magnify, make much of, overpraise, panegyrize,
      pay tribute, porter aux nues, praise, praise God, puff, puff up,
      salute, sing praises, trumpet, uplift