† encomyn.
Obsolete. rare.
= encomium n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun]
encomy1542
eloge1566
celebrating1573
elogium1576
encomium1589
eulogy1591
encomion1601
panegyry1602
panegyric1603
panegyre1604
laudative1605
elogy1612
laudatory1620
encomiasm1634
encomiastica1637
panegyris1646
orgya1657
eulogium1706
panegyrism1894
1542 T. Becon David's Harpe sig. g.vv He wyll..lyfte it vp with perpetual encomies, laudes and prayses.
1544 Bale in Sel. Wks. (1849) 7 Many popish parasites..have written large commendations and encomies of those.
a1556 T. Cranmer Let. 17 June in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 38 Diverse other encomyes spoken of chyldren.
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n.1542- to make a tush at
- to make a tush of
- to make a ugly mouth
- to make a ugly mouths
- to make a use of
- to make a vaunt
- to make a virginia fence
- to make a virtue of
- to make a virtue of a need
- to make a virtue of necessity
- to make a vow
- to make a voyage
- to make a waft
- to make a welshman's hose of
- to make a woman an honest woman
- to make a woman of
- to make a wonderment
- to make a word like a welshman's hose
- to make a work
- to make a wound sound
- to make a wry face or mouth
- to make a wry face or mouth wry faces
- to make a wry face or mouth wry mouths
- to make a wry mouth
- to make a wry mouths