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panegyrize

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pan⋅e⋅gy⋅rize

  [pan-i-juh-rahyz] verb, -rized, -riz⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to deliver or write a panegyric about; eulogize.
–verb (used without object)
2. to indulge in panegyric; bestow praises.
Also, especially British, pan⋅e⋅gy⋅rise.

Origin:
1610–20; < Gk panēgyrízein to celebrate a public festival, equiv. to pangyr(is) (see panegyric ) + -izein -ize
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pan·e·gy·rize   (pān'ə-jə-rīz')   
v.   pan·e·gy·rized, pan·e·gy·riz·ing, pan·e·gy·riz·es

v.   tr.
To eulogize.
v.   intr.
To compose, deliver, or indulge in panegyrics.
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