extol
To praise; to make high.
Verb
- To praise; to make high.
- Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. - 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 52:13:
- It not only congratulates the Pope, but panegyrizes his Holiness, extols the college of cardinals and the bishops of Italy, calls upon the ashes of the martyrs to rejoice, apostrophizes Peter and Paul, and pays many...
- Men like Stuart who had no desire to extol Coleridge's virtues, and other witnesses quite as hostile, to whom a moral dereliction could hardly be a mortal offence, were loud in praise of the purity of his walk in life....
Synonyms: belaud flatter aggrandize applaud enthrone appraise bepraise commend cry up eulogize exalt extol glorify honor idolize laud lionize magnify panegyrize praise puff revere speak well of transfigure
Origin
Borrowed from Latin extollō (“elevate, raise high”).