extolling

verbsing the praises of

Synonyms for extolling

verb sing the praises of

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Word Origin & History

also extoll, c.1400, "to lift up," from Latin extollere "to place on high, raise, elevate," figuratively "to exalt, praise," from ex- "up" (see ex-) + tollere "to raise," from PIE *tel-, *tol- "to bear, carry" (cf. Greek talantos "bearing, suffering," tolman "to carry, bear," telamon "broad strap for bearing something," Atlas "the 'Bearer' of Heaven;" Lithuanian tiltas "bridge;" Sanskrit tula "balance," tulayati "lifts up, weighs;" Latin tolerare "to bear, support," latus "borne;" Old English þolian "to endure;" Armenian tolum "I allow"). Figurative sense of "praise highly" in English is first attested c.1500. Related: Extolled; extolling.

Example Sentences for extolling

Though he had been extolling his father at his own expense, what had he done but realise his father's hopes.

On verso of title a poem by Ioachim Egell, extolling Humelberg.

Names extolling the glory and splendor of the temples are common.

The admiration of Nonconformists did not deter Churchmen and Cavaliers from extolling it.

Oh, if I could wear this tongue to the stump, in extolling His highness!

And poems have been composed on tobacco, extolling it as the great friend of the poor!

The compilers all agree in extolling her as the noblest of queens and best of women.

Supremely he achieved the harmony of life, which he never wearied of extolling.

And yet Braddock died cursing his regulars and extolling the colonials!

We have seen how Walpole and Murray concur in extolling his powers of ridicule.

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