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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin extollō (“elevate, raise high”).
Pronunciation
Verb
extol (third-person singular simple present extols, present participle extolling, simple past and past participle extolled)
- To praise; to make high.
- Synonyms: belaud, flatter
a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “(please specify the chapter or poem)”, in M[abel] L[oomis] Todd and M[illicent] T[odd] Bingham, editors, Bolts of Melody, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, published 1945, page 173:Extol thee—could I—then I will / By saying nothing new, / But just the tritest truth / That thou art heavenly.
2022 February 23, Barry Doe, “Liverpool & Manchester Atlas is excellent value”, in RAIL, number 951, page 60:In the meantime, I have an opportunity of extolling the virtues of his Liverpool & Manchester Railway Atlas, which appeared last year and has already had its second print-run.
Derived terms
Translations
to praise; to make high
- Bulgarian: възхвалявам (bg) (vǎzhvaljavam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 頌揚/颂扬 (zh) (sòngyáng)
- Czech: vychvalovat impf, opěvovat impf, velebit impf
- Dutch: prijzen (nl), ophemelen (nl), verheffen (nl)
- Finnish: ylistää (fi)
- French: louer (fr), faire l'éloge de
- German: preisen (de)
- Irish: adhmhol, ardaigh
- Italian: lodare (it)
- Japanese: 褒めそやす (homesoyasu)
- Latin: extollō
- Maori: whakarangaranga, whakahirahira
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: prise
- Polish: wychwalać (pl) impf
- Romanian: lăuda (ro), elogia (ro)
- Russian: восхваля́ть (ru) impf (vosxvaljátʹ), восхвали́ть (ru) pf (vosxvalítʹ), превозноси́ть (ru) impf (prevoznosítʹ), превознести́ (ru) pf (prevoznestí)
- Sanskrit: स्तौति (sa) (stauti)
- Spanish: alabar (es), elogiar (es), loar (es), enaltecer (es), ensalzar (es), entronizar (es)
- Swedish: höja till skyarna, lovprisa, prisa (sv)
- Turkish: yüceltmek (tr) (literally “exalt”)
- Zulu: -bonga, -dumisa
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