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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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ex·tol also ex·toll Audio Help (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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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.

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extol
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praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking" [syn: laud]

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extol [ikˈstəul] verb — past tense, past participle exˈtolled

to praise highly

Arabic:	يُمَجِّد، يُسَبِّح
Chinese (Simplified):	颂扬
Chinese (Traditional):	頌揚
Czech:	vychvalovat
Danish:	lovprise; rose i høje toner
Dutch:	uitbundig prijzen
Estonian:	ülistama
Finnish:	ylistää
French:	exalter
German:	lobpreisen
Greek:	εκθειάζω
Hungarian:	magasztal

Icelandic:	hefja til skÿjanna; dásama
Italian:	esaltare
Japanese:	激賞する
Korean:	찬양하다
Lithuanian:	liaupsinti
Polish:	wychwalać
Portuguese (Brazil):	exaltar
Portuguese (Portugal):	louvar
Romanian:	a preamări
Russian:	превозность
Spanish:	ensalzar, alabar
Turkish:	övmek

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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.]

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