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ex·tol 
[ik-stohl, -stol] Pronunciation Key
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[ik-stohl, -stol] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -tolled, -tol·ling.
| to praise highly; laud; eulogize: to extol the beauty of Naples. |
Also, ex·toll.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME extollen < L extollere to lift up, raise, equiv. to ex- ex-1 + tollere to lift, raise up]
] —Related forms
ex·tol·ler, noun
ex·tol·ling·ly, adverb
ex·tol·ment, ex·toll·ment, noun
—Synonyms glorify, exalt, celebrate.
—Antonyms disparage.
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| ex·tol also ex·toll
(ĭk-stōl') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. ex·tolled also ex·tolled, ex·tol·ling also ex·toll·ing, ex·tols also 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. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
extol
extol
1494, "to lift up," from L. extollere, from ex- "up" + tollere "to raise," from PIE *tel-, *tol- "to bear, carry" (cf. Gk. talantos "bearing, suffering," tolman "to carry, bear," telamon "broad strap for bearing something," Atlas "the Bearer" of Heaven;" Lith. tiltas "bridge;" Skt. tula "balance," tulayati "lifts up, weighs;" L. tolerare "to bear, support," latus "borne;" O.E. þolian "to endure;" Arm. tolum "I allow"). Fig. sense of "praise highly" is first attested 1509.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| extol | |
verb | |
| praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: laud] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Extol
E*late"\, a. [L. elatus elevated, fig., elated, proud (the figure, perh., being borrowed from a prancing horse); e out + latus (used as p. p. of ferre to bear), for tlatus, and akin to E. tolerate. See Tolerate, and cf. Extol.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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