extol
extol is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To elevate by praise; to eulogize; to praise; to magnify; as, to extol virtue; to extol an act or a person. Wherein have I so deserved of you, That you extol me thus Shak. See Praise.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- ado
- all
- and
- are
- attach
- best
- catch
- cherry
- cry
- estimate
- eulogize
- exaggerate
- exaggeration
- fine
- geese
- have
- high
- highly
- his
- importance
- little
- magnify
- make
- most
- much
- nothing
- oneself
- opinion
- optimism
- outreckon
- overestimate
- overpraise
- overprize
- overrate
- overreckon
- overstrain
- overvalue
- overweigh
- panegyrize
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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