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praise

[preyz]

noun, verb, praised, prais⋅ing.

–noun

1.	the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.

2.	the offering of grateful homage in words or song, as an act of worship: a hymn of praise to God.

3.	the state of being approved or admired: The king lived in praise for many years.

4.	Archaic. a ground for praise, or a merit.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to express approval or admiration of; commend; extol.

6.	to offer grateful homage to (God or a deity), as in words or song.

—Idiom

7.	sing someone's praises, to praise someone publicly and enthusiastically: He is always singing his wife's praises.

Origin:
1175–1225; (v.) ME preisen < OF preisier to value, prize < LL pretiāre, deriv. of L pretium price, worth, reward; (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.; see prize ²

Related forms:

praiseful, adjective

praise⋅ful⋅ly, adverb

praiseless, adjective

praiser, noun

Synonyms:
1. acclamation, plaudit, applause, approbation, compliment. 2. encomium, eulogy, panegyric. 5. laud, applaud, eulogize. See approve. 6. glorify, exalt, honor.

Antonyms:
1. condemnation. 5. depreciate.

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praise (prāz)

Expression of approval, commendation, or admiration.
The extolling or exaltation of a deity, ruler, or hero.
Archaic A reason for praise; merit.

tr.v. praised, prais·ing, prais·es

To express warm approbation of, commendation for, or admiration for.
To extol or exalt; worship.

[Middle English preise, from preisen, to praise, from Old French preisier, from Late Latin pretiāre, to prize, from Latin pretium, price; see per-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]
prais'er n.

Synonyms: These verbs mean to express approval or admiration. To praise is to voice approbation, commendation, or esteem: "She was enthusiastically praising the beauties of Gothic architecture" (Francis Marion Crawford).
Acclaim usually implies hearty approbation warmly and publicly expressed: The film was highly acclaimed by many critics.
Commend suggests moderate or restrained approval, as that accorded by a superior: The judge commended the jury for their hard work.
Extol suggests exaltation or glorification: "that sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present" (Sydney Smith).
Laud connotes respectful or lofty, often inordinate praise: "aspirations which are lauded up to the skies" (Charles Kingsley).

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Praise

Praise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Praised; p. pr. & vb. n. Praising.] [OE. preisen, OF. preisier, prisier, F. priser, L. pretiare to prize, fr. pretium price. See Price, n., and cf. Appreciate, Praise, n., Prize, v.]

1. To commend; to applaud; to express approbation of; to laud; -- applied to a person or his acts. "I praise well thy wit." --Chaucer.

Let her own works praise her in the gates. --Prov. xxxi. 31.

We praise not Hector, though his name, we know, Is great in arms; 't is hard to praise a foe. --Dryden.

2. To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being.

Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts! --Ps. cxlviii. 2.

3. To value; to appraise. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

Syn: To commend; laud; eulogize; celebrate; glorify; magnify.

Usage: To Praise, Applaud, Extol. To praise is to set at high price; to applaud is to greet with clapping; to extol is to bear aloft, to exalt. We may praise in the exercise of calm judgment; we usually applaud from impulse, and on account of some specific act; we extol under the influence of high admiration, and usually in strong, if not extravagant, language.

Praise

Praise\, n. [OE. preis, OF. preis price, worth, value, estimation. See Praise, v., Price.]

1. Commendation for worth; approval expressed; honor rendered because of excellence or worth; laudation; approbation.

There are men who always confound the praise of goodness with the practice. --Rambler.

Note: Praise may be expressed by an individual, and thus differs from fame, renown, and celebrity, which are always the expression of the approbation of numbers, or public commendation.

2. Especially, the joyful tribute of gratitude or homage rendered to the Divine Being; the act of glorifying or extolling the Creator; worship, particularly worship by song, distinction from prayer and other acts of worship; as, a service of praise.

3. The object, ground, or reason of praise.

He is thy praise, and he is thy God. --Deut. x.??.

Syn: Encomium; honor; eulogy; panegyric; plaudit; applause; acclaim; eclat; commendation; laudation.

Language Translation for : praise

Spanish: elogiar,

German: loben,

Japanese: ほめる

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praise (v.)

c.1225, from O.Fr. preisier "to praise, value," from L.L. preciare, earlier pretiare (c.550, see price). Replaced O.E. lof, hreþ. The noun is attested from c.1430, not common until 16c. Now a verb in most Gmc. langs. (Ger. preis, Dan. pris, etc.), but only in Eng. is it differentiated in form from cognate price. Praiseworthy is first recorded 1538.

praise

In addition to the idiom beginning with praise, also see damn with faint praise; sing someone's praises.

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