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ex⋅tol

  [ik-stohl, -stol]
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–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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Extol
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ex·tol also ex·toll   (ĭk-stōl')   
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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Word Origin & History

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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