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adulate

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ad⋅u⋅late

  [aj-uh-leyt]
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–verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.
Origin:
1770–80; back formation from adulation, ME < MF < L adūlātiōn- (s. of adūlātiō) servile flattery, fawning, equiv. to adūlāt(us), ptp. of adūlārī, -āre to fawn upon (of dogs), appar. a nominal deriv., with ad- ad-, of an otherwise unattested base + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
ad⋅u⋅la⋅tion, noun
ad⋅u⋅la⋅tor, noun
ad⋅u⋅la⋅to⋅ry  [aj-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective
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ad·u·late   (āj'ə-lāt')   
tr.v.   ad·u·lat·ed, ad·u·lat·ing, ad·u·lates
To praise or admire excessively; fawn on.

[Back-formation from adulation.]
ad'u·la'tor n., ad'u·la·to'ry (-lə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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