Word of the DayTuesday, March 05, 2002
extol
\ik-STOHL\ , transitive verb:1.
To praise highly; to glorify; to exalt.
Quotes:
The processes of nature, which most writers extol as symbols of renewal and eternal life, were always seen darkly by Kerouac.
-- Ellis Amburn, Subterranean Kerouac: The Hidden Life of Jack Kerouac
Let your deeds themselves praise you, for here I leave them in all their glory, lacking words to extol them.
-- Cervantes, Don Quixote de la Mancha
Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
-- Arthur Christopher Benson, Song from Pomp and Circumstance by Sir Edward Elgar
Origin:
Extol derives from Latin extollere, "to lift up, praise," from ex-, "up from" + tollere, "to lift up, elevate."
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