sing someones praises

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praise

[preyz]

noun, verb, praised, prais⋅ing.

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–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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Word Origin & History

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.

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